On Sun, 29 Dec 2002, Thomas A. Hulslander wrote: > > Well, either I have violated some protocol here and am unaware of it or > it's just that no one has any suggestions for me regarding the problems > I am having accessing floppy drive. But I will try again because I think > I may be zeroing in on the source of the problem...
No violated protocols, so don't worry about that. Perhaps we have all been a little busy :-) > > When booting, I notice that no automounts are defined (or something to > that affect.) I have been into some of the WebMin documentation > regarding /etc/auto.master, autofs, automount, etc., but it hasn't > helped. What do you have in /etc/fstab? To be quite honest, I haven't used RH in quite a while, and I am not sure what /etc/auto.master is all about. Your entry in /etc/fstab for your floppy should look something like this: /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,rw,user 0 0 > > This is a new machine built by yours truly running Red Hat 8. > > Currently, when I try to access it through shell (mount /mnt/floppy) I > get the following: > $ mount /mnt/floppy > /dev/fd0: Input/output error > mount: block device /dev/fd0 is write-protected, mounting read-only > /dev/fd0: Input/output error > mount: I could not determine the filesystem type, and none was specified > $ > > Do something with the filesystem parameter? I have had this problem quite a bit with floppy drives, and every time (assuming that /etc/fstab and everything else was correct) it has been the case that the drive itself has died. Here is a way to test for that. Put a new floppy in the drive, and then use the following command to create an ext2 file system on it: mke2fs /dev/fd0 If the above command fails, then the drive itself needs to be replaced. If the mke2fs command works, try mounting the new file system with this command: mount -t ext2 -w /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy If the mke2fs command works, but the mount command fails, the drive needs to be replaced. Before you rush out and get a new floppy drive, test it with several different floppies first. It is unfortunate, but floppy drives do not have the quality that they used to have... > > More info... > > $ ls /mnt > cdrom cdrw floppy > $ ls -l -a /mnt/floppy > -rw-rw---- 1 Thomas floppy 72603 Aug 31 19:49 /mnt/floppy > $ ls -l -a /dev/floppy > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Dec 28 11:57 /dev/floppy -> fd0 > > And within the /etc/sysconfig/hwconf... (note the "detached" line) > > class: FLOPPY > bus: MISC > detached: 1 > device: fd0 > driver: unknown > desc: "3.5" 1.44MB floppy drive" > > Anyone have suggestions? Thank you all in advance. > > As a footnote, I get the following when trying to manually mount the > CDROM, but I think that if the filesystem thing is the problem then I > might be able to fix CDROM at same time I fix floppy: > > Could not mount device. > The reported error was: > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/cdrom, > or too many mounted file systems Once again, take a look at /etc/fstab. The entry for your cdrom ought to look something like this: /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro,user 0 0 If your /etc/fstab entry looks good, try mounting several different cds. Also, try the command manually: mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom hth, Kevin -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
