Is the device mounted? if you don't have supermount,
you have to manually mount it.
--- Wayne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> All,
> I am having problems with my floppy disk and was
> wondering whether anyone
> had encountered this previously or whether anyone
> knew of a fix for it.
> WHen I try to access my floppy under a console
> window using a cd command I
> get the following error:
>
> [root@F11-pc-3B022-1 /mnt]# cd floppy
> bash: cd: floppy: Input/output error
> [root@F11-pc-3B022-1 /mnt]#
>
> Then, if I try to format the FD I get the following:
>
> [root@F11-pc-3B022-1 /mnt]# fdformat /dev/fd0H1440
> Double-sided, 80 tracks, 18 sec/track. Total
> capacity 1440 kB.
> Formatting ...
> ioctl(FDFMTBEG): No such device
> [root@F11-pc-3B022-1 /mnt]#
>
> I have used the drive about one hour ago and it
> worked fine. WHy now do I
> have these problems and what does it mean?
>
> Wayne
>
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> Wayne Petherick
> Criminology Department
> Bond University
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