Frans Ketelaars wrote: > > On Fri, 18 Jan 2002 21:24:30 +1100 > Colin Jenkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello all, > > > > just finished installing lm8.1, and like others, can't mount the > > floppy. > > cd and internal zip drive work ok, and I have read all the post I can > > find, but nothing seems to work. > > the error message I get is: > > 'could not mount device > > mount: /dev/fd0: unknown device' > > > > my /etc/fstab looks like this: > > > > /dev/hda1 / ext3 defaults 1 1 > > none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 > > none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 > > /dev/hda6 /home reiserfs defaults 1 2 > > /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom auto >user,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,exec,codepage=850,ro,noauto 0 0 > > /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto >user,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,sync,exec,codepage=850,noauto 0 0 > > /dev/hdd4 /mnt/zip auto >user,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,sync,exec,codepage=850,noauto 0 0 > > none /proc proc defaults 0 0 > > /dev/hda5 swap swap defaults 0 0 > > > > > > any hits would be most welcome.:) > > -- > > Best regards, > > Colin m > http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/errata.php3#floppy : > > Error scenario: The floppy drive is not accessible for use. > Why: The PNP_BIOS does not initalize the floppy controller like the BIOS. Because of >this, you may have difficulty access the drive with applications like mount or dd, >and will receive errors such as "/dev/fd0: No such device or address" or >"Input/output error". > Solution: Boot your kernel with the "nobiospnp" option specified at the boot command >line. > > -Frans > Colin, here's another workaround : run kdf (K Disk Free), right-click the floppy-drive (/dev/fd0) and choose the pull-down menu-option : "mount device". You can even set kdf up to open a file-manager automatically. personally, I prefer to do it this way, because I've some game-addicted kids (each with their own user-ID) on my linux-box, and I don't want them to have that easy acces to the floppy-drive (heavens only know what they could put in there !).
Kaj Haulrich
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