Kicho--
Try making the fstab entry for the floppy:
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto rw,noauto,users,nosuid,nodev,sync,noexec 0 0
I think you are auto-mounting the floppy at startup, then it is busy when you
try to actually use it.
Nick
On Sunday 12 May 2002 08:41 pm, you wrote:
> Heya!
> I have problems around here with floppy drive
> I can´t mount it
> the mesg is just:
>
> [root@lods kicho]# mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy/
> mount: /dev/fd0: unknown device
>
> I´ll try it with all this devices:
>
> [root@lods kicho]# ls /dev/fd
> fd fd0u1120 fd0u1680 fd0u1760 fd0u360 fd0u820
> fd0 fd0u1440 fd0u1722 fd0u1840 fd0u720 fd0u830
> fd0u1040 fd0u1600 fd0u1743 fd0u1920 fd0u800
>
> I try with option -t auto, iso9660,vfat and ext2 too and
> the mesg is the same...
> example...
>
> [root@lods kicho]# mount -t auto /dev/fd0u1440 /mnt/floppy/
> mount: /dev/fd0u1440: unknown device
>
>
> I did something wrong?
> I have a Mandrake 8.1 - 2.4.8-26mdk, i686
>
> I get a strange mesg from kernel in boot time, may be is it?
>
> [root@lods kicho]# dmesg | grep floppy
> ide-floppy driver 0.97
> floppy0: Floppy io-port 0x03f0 in use
> ide-floppy driver 0.97
>
>
> The line ¨floppy0: Floppy io-port 0x03f0 in use¨ cause some conflit?
> I try to change some irq in bios but was just a shoot in the dark
>
> If is important, my hardware configuration is:
>
> Pentium III 550 Mhz, 256 Mb Ram
> VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82810-DC100 CGC
> US Robotics/3Com 56K FaxModem Model 561
> Multimedia audio controller: Avance Logic Inc. ALS4000 Audio Chipset
> Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139 (rev 10)
>
> Thanks a lot
>
> Kicho
>
>
>
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