[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> The following procedure works for me:
> 1. su to root
> 2. Enter command: umount /mnt/floppy
> 3. Enter command: mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
> 4. Do whatever desired with the ext2 floppy.
> 5. To return to original setup: Enter command: umount /mnt/floppy
> 6. Enter command mount /mnt/floppy
> 7. Everything is back as it was - floppy setup to read vfat.
>
> Jame Gibbs
>
> On Tue, 7 Mar 2000, Dennis Robertson wrote:
>
> > OK, here are the facts as they apply to my system. With supermount
> > enabled I cannot read ext2 floppies using any method suggested by the
> > list, mandrakeuser.org or devised by anyone, as far as I can tell.
> > With supermount disabled and using the conventional fstab entry
> > suggested by Ramon: /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto
> > sync,user,noauto,nsuid,nodev,unhide 0 0 I used mount /mnt/floppy in a
> > term and then left clicked the desktop floppy icon. Lo and behold I
> > could open both vfat and ext2 floppies.
> > So there's a bug in supermount, right? How do some folks manage to use
> > it with ext2 floppies? Beats me. There's a bug in my system? I think
> > not.
> > Anyway it's very cumbersome and I don't mind using windows methods if
> > they're clearly better, as they would be in the case of supermount, if
> > only it worked. Roll on LM7.1.
> >
>
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James,
For me step3 elicits the response:Couldn't open /dev/fd0 no such device
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