Dennis....I can read both. Here's my fstab:
/dev/sda1 /mnt/dos_sda1 vfat user,exec,umask=0 0 0
/dev/sdb1 /mnt/dos_sdb1 vfat user,exec,umask=0 0 0
/dev/sda5 /boot ext2 defaults 1 2
/dev/sda6 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/sda7 / ext2 defaults 1 1
/mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/fd0 0 0
/mnt/floppy2 /mnt/floppy2 supermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/fd1 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0
/mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom 0 0
/mnt/zip /mnt/zip supermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/zip 0 0
/dev/hda /mnt/ls-120 vfat noauto,user,exec 0 0
to read a floppy w/ext2 I use this console command:
mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /mnt/tmp
There is, of course, a /tmp directory in the /mnt directory.
Alan
Dennis Robertson wrote:
>
> Dale Morris wrote:
> >
> > Ramon,
> > Thankyou for your concise and thoughtful reply. I have saved it for future
> > reference. I have tried the entries you suggested for my fstab file and
> > it just isn't working. I am including a copy of my fstab file in hopes
> > someone can point out what I'm doing wrong here. I am able to mount vfat
> > floppies, just can't get the ext2 working. I've tried all the
> > obvious.. Here's the fstab file, the way it came configured in Mandrake
> > 7.0:
> >
> > /dev/hda1 /boot ext2 defaults 1 2
> > /dev/hda5 / ext2 defaults 1 1
> > /dev/hda6 swap swap defaults 0 0
> > /dev/hda7 /home ext2 defaults 1 2
> > /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/fd0 0 0
> > none /proc proc defaults 0 0
> > none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0
> > /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom 0 0
> >
> > thanks again
> >
> > --dale
> >
> > "my mind is scheduled to clear tomorrow, then not again for another 400 years."
>
> If I could add my 2 cents worth, I have tried every combination
> suggested by Ramon and Silkythreads without success. For me, I have to
> change the device entry to /mnt/fd0 to get even vfat to work
> (/mnt/floppy won't work and /dev/fd0 is not a valid block device). I
> believe the problem is related to supermount and would be interested to
> see the fstab file from anyone who is able to read both vfat and ext2
> floppies in L-M7.0 with supermount enabled.
> As a matter of interest man fs says that /proc/filesystems shows the
> filesystems currently supported by the kernel; that file is empty on my
> system. Is that related?
> --
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