Try:
# ls -la
after you cd into it. The files you have saved on your fd0 may be
system directories/files i.e. they may have a . before the
file/directory name.
> -Original Message-
> From: Adrian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 04 September 2005 16:14
> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
> Subject: [gentoo-user] floppy drive will format a disk, boot
> from a grub floppy, but can't write any files
>
>
> Something odd is going on with my floppy drive, maybe it's just a
> hardware problem? In the first example you will see that I
> can format a
> floppy, mount it, but then I can not copy any files to it.
>
> -example
> Sun Sep 04 09:02:16
> /home/skippi
> root $ mke2fs /dev/fd0
> mke2fs 1.37 (21-Mar-2005)
> Filesystem label=
> OS type: Linux
> Block size=1024 (log=0)
> Fragment size=1024 (log=0)
> 184 inodes, 1440 blocks
> 72 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user
> First data block=1
> 1 block group
> 8192 blocks per group, 8192 fragments per group
> 184 inodes per group
>
> Writing inode tables: done
> Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done
>
> This filesystem will be automatically checked every 24 mounts or
> 180 days, whichever comes first. Use tune2fs -c or -i to override.
>
> Sun Sep 04 09:03:18
> /home/skippi
> root $ mkdir /floppy
>
> Sun Sep 04 09:03:40
> /home/skippi
> root $ mount /dev/fd0 /floppy
>
> Sun Sep 04 09:03:56
> /home/skippi
> root $ mkdir -p /floppy/boot/grub
> mkdir: cannot create directory `/floppy/boot': Input/output error
> -
>
> now here, I mount my GRUB floppy, which has files on it, since I used
> this to boot my computer, yet I can't actually see any of the files.
>
> another example--
> Sun Sep 04 09:08:06
> /home/skippi
> root $ mount /mnt/floppy/
>
> Sun Sep 04 09:08:26
> /home/skippi
> root $ df
> Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
> /dev/hde7 11718996 6638084 5080912 57% /
> /dev/hde9266180800 232401964 33778836 88% /home
> /dev/fd0 1412 158 1182 12% /mnt/floppy
>
> Sun Sep 04 09:08:31
> /home/skippi
> root $ cd /mnt/floppy/
>
> Sun Sep 04 09:08:36
> /mnt/floppy
> root $ ls
>
> Sun Sep 04 09:08:46
> /mnt/floppy
> root $ du
> 1.0K.
> 1.0Ktotal
>
> Sun Sep 04 09:08:59
> /mnt/floppy
> root $
>
> Simply a bad drive? I have tried numerous floppy disk, and they can't
> all be bad. Any other ideas for troubleshooting?
>
> Thank you very much.
> Adrian
>
>
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