Try to replace the line in your /etc/fstab for /dev/fd0 with these two lines:
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy ext2 noauto,user,exec 0 0 /dev/fd0 /mnt/dosfloppy msdos noauto,user,exec 0 0 Do 'mount -a' (as root) to update the changes. Then to see if you can mount MSDOS floppies, try this with a new floppy (or an old one with data you don't want to save): (insert the floppy) setfdprm /dev/fd0 1440/1440 [sets 1.4 MB capacity] fdformat /dev/fd0 [formats the floppy] /sbin/mkfs -t msdos /dev/fd0 [creates MSDOS file system on floppy] mount /mnt/dosfloppy [mounts the file system] If this works, insert your Windows floppy and do 'mount /mnt/dosfloppy'. Good luck, Hidong daniel wrote: > > if i do that, i get the following: > > mount: I could not determine the filesystem type, and none was specified > > _________________________________ > daniel a. g. quinn > starving programmer > > nuture your minds with great thoughts. to believe in the heroic makes > heroes. > - benjamin disraeli > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Hidong Kim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 5:10 PM > Subject: Re: mounting a floppy > > > If the floppy is already formatted, you should be able to do just 'mount > > /mnt/floppy'. > > > > > > > > > > > > daniel wrote: > > > > > > this can't be this difficult > > > but for some reason, it is. > > > > > > i put a floppy disc in > > > it's a windows disc. > > > i type the following as root: > > > > > > mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floopy/ -t vfat > > > > > > and it get this message: > > > > > > mount: fs type vfat not supported by kernel > > > > > > i get the same message with msdos, and ext > > > > > > here's the line in fstab: > > > /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto users 0 0 > > > > > > what'd i do? > > > > > > _________________________________ > > > daniel a. g. quinn > > > starving programmer > > > > > > he gazed up at the enormous face. forty years it had taken him to learn > what > > > kind of smile was hidden beneath the dark moustache. o cruel, needless > > > misunderstanding! > > > o stubborn, self-willed exile from the loving breast! two gin-scented > tears > > > trickled > > > down the sides of his nose. but it was all right, everything was all > right, > > > the struggle > > > was finished. he had won the victory over himself. he loved big brother. > > > - george orwell, "nineteen eighty-four" > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Redhat-list mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Redhat-list mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
