I got the same error message when I tried to mount the
zip drive while using 7.0.
WHen I re-formatted the zip drive,everything was fine.
> Richard Bligdon wrote:
> >
> > help a novice ....using RH 6.0.
> >
> > I can't seem to get the Floppy Drive(fd0) in
> order.
> >
> > I set up aplets on the panel for fd0 and
> cdrom...the cdrom works
> > fine,but I am getting a number of errors with the
> floppy
> > drive....namely:
> >
> > Upon system boot up:
> >
> > "floppy drive fd0 not valid block device [fail]"
> ( twice...2nd time
> > under "mount other file systems")...
> >
> > When I try to access the drive from the panel
> applet I get the msg:
> >
> > Floppy drive not valid file system 2>&1... not
> mounted....or too many
> > filesystems mounted"
> >
> > Sometimes,I get a freezeup when I try to access
> the panel applet(I
> > think it's clear now tho)...
> >
> > /etc/fstab for fd0:
> >
> > /mnt/floppy /mnt/fd0 ....ext2 user,dev,suid,... 0
> 0
> >
> > I am writing this from memory on my win98 box as
> it has a 56k
> > modem...the linuxbox has a SLOW one...also I
> tried to copy fstab to a
> > floppy using mcopy(it worked then,but just now
> mdir gave the error
> > "fd0 not configured")...but when I accessed it
> with notepad only the
> > first line of text was there!
> >
> > Anyway,has anybody ever had this problem,or can
> someone get me on the
> > right track?
> >
> > Richard
>
>
>
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