Ed Kasky wrote:
> I can't figure out why I can't access floppy drive in LM8 install.
> In Konqueror the floppy icon has a lock on it even when logged in as
> root.
>
> # cd /mnt/floppy results in the following:
> bash: cd: /mnt/floppy: input/output error
the floppy is probably not mounted
>
>
> permissions for /mnt/floppy:
> drwxrwxrwx 1 root root
>
> from fstab:
> /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat,dev=dev/fd0 0 0
>
> I get the same results with
> /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat,dev=dev/fd0 0 0
Does your floppy in fact have the vfat filesystem, otherwise supermount
will not mount i, and then the cd will fail. Especially if yo use ext2
on your floppy...
>
>
> I checked the ardware and it works fine booting - I just can't access
> it from the linux desktop or a console before loading x....
Andreas
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Prof. Dr. Andreas J. Guelzow
Chair of Science
Concordia University College of Alberta
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