Re: [newbie] Floppy Problems
Richard Urwin wrote: On Tuesday 06 Jul 2004 3:02 am, mike wrote: What does mtab say cat /etc/mtab here is mine below. none /mnt/floppy supermount rw,sync,dev=/dev/fd0,fs=ext2:vfat,--, umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850 0 0 Also see what ls -al /mnt/floppy here is mine below. drwxrwxrwx 0 root root 0 Jul 5 18:30 floppy/ The output of ls -l/dev/fd* would be useful too. Here 'tis: lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root (date) /dev/fd0 - floppy/0 Rich Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Floppy Problems
On Tuesday 06 Jul 2004 3:02 am, mike wrote: What does mtab say cat /etc/mtab here is mine below. none /mnt/floppy supermount rw,sync,dev=/dev/fd0,fs=ext2:vfat,--, umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850 0 0 Also see what ls -al /mnt/floppy here is mine below. drwxrwxrwx 0 root root 0 Jul 5 18:30 floppy/ The output of ls -l/dev/fd* would be useful too. -- Richard Urwin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Floppy Problems
This problem has plagued me for over 2 months and I'm at my wits end. I've been in the process of moving for the past 3-4 months so haven't been able to do anything about it. The problem , in a nutshell, is that I can not write to my floppy or CD-R drives, even as root. The message is that 'access is denied, could not write to /mnt/floppy/foo.bar. If I use Supermount to mount the floppy and look at the permissions under properties the option selected is 'Owner can view content'. If I try to select 'Owner can view and modify content' there is an error message that changing the attributes of files is not supported with protocol devices. If I try to mount a drive manually the error message is that there are too many file systems, bad superblock, etc. If I try to unmount the drive the message is that there is no drive mounted. This problem started with MDK 10.0 as downloaded. Thinking that this was the problem, I bought the pak from Mandrake but the problem is still there. The computer is a Sony Viao laptop but I was having the same problem on my desktop machine. There are a lot of important files that desperately need backing up, someone please help! Rich Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Floppy Problems
On Monday 05 July 2004 19:04, Rich wrote: This problem has plagued me for over 2 months and I'm at my wits end. I've been in the process of moving for the past 3-4 months so haven't been able to do anything about it. The problem , in a nutshell, is that I can not write to my floppy or CD-R drives, even as root. The message is that 'access is denied, could not write to /mnt/floppy/foo.bar. If I use Supermount to mount the floppy and look at the permissions under properties the option selected is 'Owner can view content'. If I try to select 'Owner can view and modify content' there is an error message that changing the attributes of files is not supported with protocol devices. If I try to mount a drive manually the error message is that there are too many file systems, bad superblock, etc. If I try to unmount the drive the message is that there is no drive mounted. This problem started with MDK 10.0 as downloaded. Thinking that this was the problem, I bought the pak from Mandrake but the problem is still there. The computer is a Sony Viao laptop but I was having the same problem on my desktop machine. There are a lot of important files that desperately need backing up, someone please help! Rich Please post your /etc/fstab Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* *www.haulrich.net* *Running Linux (Mandrake 10.0) - kernel 2.6.3* Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Floppy Problems
Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Monday 05 July 2004 19:04, Rich wrote: This problem has plagued me for over 2 months and I'm at my wits end. I've been in the process of moving for the past 3-4 months so haven't been able to do anything about it. The problem , in a nutshell, is that I can not write to my floppy or CD-R drives, even as root. The message is that 'access is denied, could not write to /mnt/floppy/foo.bar. If I use Supermount to mount the floppy and look at the permissions under properties the option selected is 'Owner can view content'. If I try to select 'Owner can view and modify content' there is an error message that changing the attributes of files is not supported with protocol devices. If I try to mount a drive manually the error message is that there are too many file systems, bad superblock, etc. If I try to unmount the drive the message is that there is no drive mounted. This problem started with MDK 10.0 as downloaded. Thinking that this was the problem, I bought the pak from Mandrake but the problem is still there. The computer is a Sony Viao laptop but I was having the same problem on my desktop machine. There are a lot of important files that desperately need backing up, someone please help! Rich Please post your /etc/fstab none /mnt/floppy supermount dev=/dev/fd0, fs=auto,--,umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-1,sync,codepage=850 0 0 Rich Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Floppy Problems
On Monday 05 July 2004 22:53, Rich wrote: Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Monday 05 July 2004 19:04, Rich wrote: This problem has plagued me for over 2 months and I'm at my wits end. I've been in the process of moving for the past 3-4 months so haven't been able to do anything about it. The problem , in a nutshell, is that I can not write to my floppy or CD-R drives, even as root. The message is that 'access is denied, could not write to /mnt/floppy/foo.bar. If I use Supermount to mount the floppy and look at the permissions under properties the option selected is 'Owner can view content'. If I try to select 'Owner can view and modify content' there is an error message that changing the attributes of files is not supported with protocol devices. If I try to mount a drive manually the error message is that there are too many file systems, bad superblock, etc. If I try to unmount the drive the message is that there is no drive mounted. This problem started with MDK 10.0 as downloaded. Thinking that this was the problem, I bought the pak from Mandrake but the problem is still there. The computer is a Sony Viao laptop but I was having the same problem on my desktop machine. There are a lot of important files that desperately need backing up, someone please help! Rich Please post your /etc/fstab none /mnt/floppy supermount dev=/dev/fd0, fs=auto,--,umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-1,sync,codepage=850 0 0 Rich Hmm... looks allright to me. Have you tried : fs=ext2:vfat otherwise someone wiser than me step in here, please. Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* *www.haulrich.net* *Running Linux (Mandrake 10.0) - kernel 2.6.3* Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Floppy Problems
Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Monday 05 July 2004 19:04, Rich wrote: This problem has plagued me for over 2 months and I'm at my wits end. I've been in the process of moving for the past 3-4 months so haven't been able to do anything about it. The problem , in a nutshell, is that I can not write to my floppy or CD-R drives, even as root. The message is that 'access is denied, could not write to /mnt/floppy/foo.bar. If I use Supermount to mount the floppy and look at the permissions under properties the option selected is 'Owner can view content'. If I try to select 'Owner can view and modify content' there is an error message that changing the attributes of files is not supported with protocol devices. If I try to mount a drive manually the error message is that there are too many file systems, bad superblock, etc. If I try to unmount the drive the message is that there is no drive mounted. This problem started with MDK 10.0 as downloaded. Thinking that this was the problem, I bought the pak from Mandrake but the problem is still there. The computer is a Sony Viao laptop but I was having the same problem on my desktop machine. There are a lot of important files that desperately need backing up, someone please help! Rich Please post your /etc/fstab Kaj Haulrich. fs=ext2:vfat didn't help either. This is looking more and more like a permissions problem. The same problem exists with the CD and I've discovered that I can't copy the files to any of my Windows folders either. I'm living in at an interim address until the Fall and my 9.2 CDs are in storage 1200 miles away. If I can't solve this problem this week I'm going to have to abandon Mandrake. Rich Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Floppy problems
i use Mandrake 9.1 with kde 3.1.3 in konqueror after i load a floppy, if i put a new one, what will appear will be the same conteud of the 1º first floppy how to fix? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Floppy problems
in konqueror after i load a floppy, if i put a new one, what will appear will be the same conteud of the 1º first floppy how to fix? Sounds like a mounting issue. If you use a file manager, you might need to refresh, or maybe go up to the next level and then back down into the floppy? Just a guerss... eric -- Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Floppy problems
Eric Estes -=RCN Mail=-, I am having a problem getting my floppy drive working. This is what I have in my /etc/fstab /dev/fd0 /mnt/flopy auto user, iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,sync,exec,codepage=850,noauto 0 0 My fstab line is exactly the same, and the floppy works. However do you need to mount the floppy? mount /mnt/flopy I also unmount it after use. umount /mnt/flopy (note no n in umount) This line is under it but I'm not sure what it goes to: none /proc proc defaults 0 0 It is somthing to do with a virtual file system - do not touch it i have been told. Walter ~~~ * * Mithrilhall's Linux* * Server * * AMD-K2 350MHz* * http://mithrilhall.redirectme.net * * -- Walter Logeman Psychotherapist http://www.psybernet.co.nz Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] floppy problems
How goes it for you? I've not had time to try yet. http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/Tutorial/CDburner/ Will tell you step-by-step on a CDRW, including fixing the bad link made by kudzu.
Re: [newbie] floppy problems
Thanks! I'll try it next time it happens... --Original Message-- From: Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: December 23, 2000 4:40:37 PM GMT Subject: Re: [newbie] floppy problems On Sat, 23 Dec 2000, a r wrote: Sometimes it won't read new discs that I insert. It doesn't even click and the light goes on. Is there a way to "refresh"? Supermount is in control of it normally but I tried the mount command just in case. Unfortunately the response was "floppy already mounted". When I did an ls -l on the floppy it reported 0 files. You could, as root, try a mount -a, which will reload all the file systems that are set up in /etc/fstab, perhaps that helps. Otherwise do an umount /mnt/floppy and then a mount /dev/floppy /mnt/floppy and see if that gives any better results... Paul -- Oh, how do I know my youth is all spent? My get-up-and-go has got-up-and-went. But in spite of it all, I'm able to grin, And think of the places my get-up has been. -Pete Seeger http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.31 __ FREE Personalized Email at Mail.com Sign up at http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup
[newbie] floppy problems
Hi, Have had a problem with my the floppy on my drive. Sometimes it won't read new discs that I insert. It doesn't even click and the light goes on. Is there a way to "refresh"? Supermount is in control of it normally but I tried the mount command just in case. Unfortunately the response was "floppy already mounted". When I did an ls -l on the floppy it reported 0 files. Any ideas how to get it to refresh and "see" the contents of the new floppy I put in?? Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks __ FREE Personalized Email at Mail.com Sign up at http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup
Re: [newbie] floppy problems
On Sat, 23 Dec 2000, a r wrote: Sometimes it won't read new discs that I insert. It doesn't even click and the light goes on. Is there a way to "refresh"? Supermount is in control of it normally but I tried the mount command just in case. Unfortunately the response was "floppy already mounted". When I did an ls -l on the floppy it reported 0 files. You could, as root, try a mount -a, which will reload all the file systems that are set up in /etc/fstab, perhaps that helps. Otherwise do an umount /mnt/floppy and then a mount /dev/floppy /mnt/floppy and see if that gives any better results... Paul -- Oh, how do I know my youth is all spent? My get-up-and-go has got-up-and-went. But in spite of it all, I'm able to grin, And think of the places my get-up has been. -Pete Seeger http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Pine 4.31
Re: [newbie] floppy problems
Maybe you may want to try this configuration for the floppy on the /etc/fstab: /dev/fd0TAB/mnt/floppyTABautoTABuser,noauto 0 1 note:dont write TAB, just leave a tab space between each column. This is my configuration and it works fine. Try also to check the /atc/mtab file to see if the floppy is already mounted. If so, remove the line from the mtab and try to mounted with the configuration mention above. To mounted manually try this: mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy Also you may check if the automounter is mount something on it. This done reading the /etc/auto.master and/or auto."something". If so, stop the automounter deamon and mount it manually. --- Goldenpi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: wrong fs type=wrong format bad option=typo bad superblock=??? too many mounted file systems=you have loads of partitions or drives. - Original Message - From: "Marco Kwan" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2000 7:26 AM Subject: [newbie] floppy problems my floppy doesn't seem to work right... I tried to unmount it and manually mount it but get the following.. mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/fd0, or too many mounted file systems does anyone know whta this means? __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Messenger - Talk while you surf! It's FREE. http://im.yahoo.com/
Re: [newbie] floppy problems
wrong fs type=wrong format bad option=typo bad superblock=??? too many mounted file systems=you have loads of partitions or drives. - Original Message - From: "Marco Kwan" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2000 7:26 AM Subject: [newbie] floppy problems my floppy doesn't seem to work right... I tried to unmount it and manually mount it but get the following.. mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/fd0, or too many mounted file systems does anyone know whta this means?
[newbie] floppy problems
my floppy doesn't seem to work right... I tried to unmount it and manually mount it but get the following.. mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/fd0, or too many mounted file systems does anyone know whta this means?
[newbie] Floppy problems
I have a floppy which I use daily in a Solaris 7 environment. When I try to use it in Linux-Mandrake it is usually mounted as "read-only," forcing me to copy the files to the hard disk before I can work with them. Then I have to copy them to another floppy, and copy them back to the original floppy using Solaris. Occasionally the floppy mounts as read/write however, for no reason I can discern. If I then make any changes to a file, instead of getting a changed file, I get a new file with the same name -- only in capital letters and with a tilde after the name. Why does Linux-Mandrake create a new file with a tilde after the name. Why does it change the name to capital letters. Is there some way to get it to stop doing this? Thank You. /Ian __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
