Hi Kirk Sudo mount ....etc answers mount point media/floppy does not exist Fdisk .........etc answers unable to open dev/fda Gee Whiz this isn't half getting difficult. I'm still wondering if it is not something to do with the partitioning. Dave -----Original Message----- From: Kirk Wallace [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 26 October 2008 09:22 PM To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Desperately seeking my floppy drive
On Sun, 2008-10-26 at 20:36 +0200, Dave Houghton wrote: > Hi Kirk > Thank you for your reply really appreciated. > When I put the floppy disk in - nothing happens, no LED light - no turning > sound. I've read in the Help 'To Mount Media' and as I read it should detect > it automatically but it doesn't. So it says I must mount it manually by > double clicking the Computer icon on the desktop - I do not have a computer > icon on the desktop, or at least I don't seem to be able to see it! Whats it > look like? > Regards Dave I do manual mounts in a terminal session: sudo mount This will list mounted devises, /dev/fda0 /media/floppy or something similar might be listed. If not sudo mount /dev/fda0 /media/floppy mounts the first partition (0 or whatever yours is), first drive (a). I haven't used a floppy for quite a while so I'm guessing at some of this. You can also check: fdisk /dev/fda to see if the drive is being seen at a lower level. I suspect your drive is not functioning at all. Maybe check to see that the power and data cables are connected and the BIOS (CMOS) has the controller enabled. Kirk ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
