Re: Mounting Floppies
Hello to all who replied to my request on mounting a floppy. I took the advice that I was given and used 'mtools' instead. As pointed out, there is no need to mount the floppy and these tools got the info of the floppy easily. Thanks to all David On 10/11/10 23:03, Basil Chupin wrote: > On 03/11/2010 23:16, David Bowskill wrote: >> Thanks Basil >> I can't seem to find the previous correspondence (have searched back as >> far as May). >> There seems to be some very basic bug since according to fstab anyone >> can mount the floppy - and it seems to partially achieve this. >> I'm sure some LINUX guru will see this as a challenge and come up with >> the answer. >> Cheers >> David >> >> On 03/11/10 20:32, Basil Chupin wrote: >> >>> On 03/11/2010 18:58, David Bowskill wrote: >>> >>> Hello All I was cleaning up when I came across some old floppies with stuff I wished to read. Ubuntu 10.04 would not mount the floppy although the drive light cam on for a short while and the drive 'clicked'. The file /etc/fstab includes the following entry: /dev/fd0/media/floppy0 autorw,user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0 when issuing the command: mount /dev/fd0 the drive clicks and the terminal reports :- mount: block device /dev/fd0 is write-protected, mounting read-only Then examining the file /etc/mtab, it shows no entry for the floppy. Issuing the command umount /etc/fd0 the terminal reports:- umount: /dev/fd0 is not mounted (according to mtab) I cannot read the floppy - it is not mounted although it was reported as being so. Any ideas ?? Thanks David >>> Yes. A known problem but there is a solution. Can't remember what it is >>> but there was a discussion on this in Ubuntu which I started at the end >>> of September. You can either check the archives, or check Launchpad or >>> wait (and remind me! :-) ) to find what I wrote at the time. >>> >>> The bottom line to all this is that none of the devs use computers with >>> floppy drives and so they cannot produce the answer - nor really care >>> because nobody is supposed to have computers which use floppies anymore >>> :-( - but there IS an answer; I needed to boot the system using a >>> floppy >>> and started the thread beginning with, "WTF?! NO floppy in Lucid or in >>> Meerkat". The "fix" is reasonably easy, and my floppy drive now is >>> functional. >>> >>> BC >>> > > > And so, after 7 days what is the result of the advice (chapter and > verse) I provided? > > Did I waste my time - which means that in the future I will be more > circumspect about wasting my time providing assistance - or did you > get the floppy working but simply forgot to tell everybody about the > fact? > > BC > -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Mounting Floppies
On 03/11/2010 23:16, David Bowskill wrote: > Thanks Basil > I can't seem to find the previous correspondence (have searched back as > far as May). > There seems to be some very basic bug since according to fstab anyone > can mount the floppy - and it seems to partially achieve this. > I'm sure some LINUX guru will see this as a challenge and come up with > the answer. > Cheers > David > > On 03/11/10 20:32, Basil Chupin wrote: > >> On 03/11/2010 18:58, David Bowskill wrote: >> >> >>> Hello All >>> I was cleaning up when I came across some old floppies with stuff I >>> wished to read. >>> >>> Ubuntu 10.04 would not mount the floppy although the drive light cam on >>> for a short while and the drive 'clicked'. >>> >>> The file /etc/fstab includes the following entry: >>> >>> /dev/fd0/media/floppy0 autorw,user,noauto,exec,utf8 >>> 0 0 >>> >>> when issuing the command: >>> >>> mount /dev/fd0 >>> >>> the drive clicks and the terminal reports :- >>> >>> mount: block device /dev/fd0 is write-protected, mounting read-only >>> >>> Then examining the file /etc/mtab, it shows no entry for the floppy. >>> >>> Issuing the command umount /etc/fd0 the terminal reports:- >>> >>> umount: /dev/fd0 is not mounted (according to mtab) >>> >>> I cannot read the floppy - it is not mounted although it was reported as >>> being so. >>> >>> Any ideas ?? >>> >>> Thanks >>> David >>> >>> >>> >> Yes. A known problem but there is a solution. Can't remember what it is >> but there was a discussion on this in Ubuntu which I started at the end >> of September. You can either check the archives, or check Launchpad or >> wait (and remind me! :-) ) to find what I wrote at the time. >> >> The bottom line to all this is that none of the devs use computers with >> floppy drives and so they cannot produce the answer - nor really care >> because nobody is supposed to have computers which use floppies anymore >> :-( - but there IS an answer; I needed to boot the system using a floppy >> and started the thread beginning with, "WTF?! NO floppy in Lucid or in >> Meerkat". The "fix" is reasonably easy, and my floppy drive now is >> functional. >> >> BC >> And so, after 7 days what is the result of the advice (chapter and verse) I provided? Did I waste my time - which means that in the future I will be more circumspect about wasting my time providing assistance - or did you get the floppy working but simply forgot to tell everybody about the fact? BC -- "Will the highways of the internet become more few?" George W Bush -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Mounting Floppies
On 04/11/2010 15:42, Paul Gear wrote: On 04/11/10 09:13, Matthew Hannigan wrote: If you just want to get some stuff of floppy, just use mtools. Don't bother mounting This is good advice. Get the stuff off with mtools, then forget about the floppies! :-) Normally would be the case and therefore good advice. But not everybody runs the latest and greatest pieces of equipment - nor want to. There are still some systems running Linux systems - like one of my computers - which require to use the floppy to do a BIOS upgrade. BC -- Gumperson's Law: The probability of anything happening is in inverse proportion to its desirability. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Mounting Floppies
On 04/11/10 09:13, Matthew Hannigan wrote: > If you just want to get some stuff of floppy, just use mtools. > Don't bother mounting This is good advice. Get the stuff off with mtools, then forget about the floppies! :-) <>-- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Mounting Floppies
On 03/11/2010 23:16, David Bowskill wrote: > Thanks Basil > I can't seem to find the previous correspondence (have searched back as > far as May). > There seems to be some very basic bug since according to fstab anyone > can mount the floppy - and it seems to partially achieve this. > I'm sure some LINUX guru will see this as a challenge and come up with > the answer. > Cheers > David > The bug discussion is here- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/lucid/+source/udisks/+bug/441835 Now, follow what NoOp states in that discussion. Which is: replace the default installation 9using Synaptic Package Manager) of udisks-1.0.1-ubuntu1 with the OLD version which is udisks-1.0.1-1build1 and then LOCK it in the Synaptic Package Manager so that it is not upgraded. Install this same old version in Maverick (10.10); have a look at the archives for ubuntu-users on 25 September and look for a post from NoOp who tells me how to install this old version of udisks in Maverick (I only have record of what I sent out and not the complete thread). BC-- Gumperson's Law: The probability of anything happening is in inverse proportion to its desirability. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Mounting Floppies
If you just want to get some stuff of floppy, just use mtools. Don't bother mounting. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Mounting Floppies
Just check to see if you have the following, ls /media cdrom cdrom0 floppy floppy0 The following are symlinks, cdrom & floppy, they just point to the directories ending in 0. If there isn't a floppy/floppy0 just create them (as superuser) then see if you can mount the floppy. My desktop is floppy(less!) So I'm not 100% sure if this will fix the problem. My server was installed using ubuntu server edition (8.10) and these directories/symlink were created on install. sent from my Telstra NEXTG™ handset -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Mounting Floppies
Thanks Basil I can't seem to find the previous correspondence (have searched back as far as May). There seems to be some very basic bug since according to fstab anyone can mount the floppy - and it seems to partially achieve this. I'm sure some LINUX guru will see this as a challenge and come up with the answer. Cheers David On 03/11/10 20:32, Basil Chupin wrote: > On 03/11/2010 18:58, David Bowskill wrote: > >> Hello All >> I was cleaning up when I came across some old floppies with stuff I >> wished to read. >> >> Ubuntu 10.04 would not mount the floppy although the drive light cam on >> for a short while and the drive 'clicked'. >> >> The file /etc/fstab includes the following entry: >> >> /dev/fd0/media/floppy0 autorw,user,noauto,exec,utf8 >> 0 0 >> >> when issuing the command: >> >> mount /dev/fd0 >> >> the drive clicks and the terminal reports :- >> >> mount: block device /dev/fd0 is write-protected, mounting read-only >> >> Then examining the file /etc/mtab, it shows no entry for the floppy. >> >> Issuing the command umount /etc/fd0 the terminal reports:- >> >> umount: /dev/fd0 is not mounted (according to mtab) >> >> I cannot read the floppy - it is not mounted although it was reported as >> being so. >> >> Any ideas ?? >> >> Thanks >> David >> >> > Yes. A known problem but there is a solution. Can't remember what it is > but there was a discussion on this in Ubuntu which I started at the end > of September. You can either check the archives, or check Launchpad or > wait (and remind me! :-) ) to find what I wrote at the time. > > The bottom line to all this is that none of the devs use computers with > floppy drives and so they cannot produce the answer - nor really care > because nobody is supposed to have computers which use floppies anymore > :-( - but there IS an answer; I needed to boot the system using a floppy > and started the thread beginning with, "WTF?! NO floppy in Lucid or in > Meerkat". The "fix" is reasonably easy, and my floppy drive now is > functional. > > BC > > -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Mounting Floppies
On 03/11/2010 18:58, David Bowskill wrote: > Hello All > I was cleaning up when I came across some old floppies with stuff I > wished to read. > > Ubuntu 10.04 would not mount the floppy although the drive light cam on > for a short while and the drive 'clicked'. > > The file /etc/fstab includes the following entry: > > /dev/fd0/media/floppy0 autorw,user,noauto,exec,utf8 > 0 0 > > when issuing the command: > > mount /dev/fd0 > > the drive clicks and the terminal reports :- > > mount: block device /dev/fd0 is write-protected, mounting read-only > > Then examining the file /etc/mtab, it shows no entry for the floppy. > > Issuing the command umount /etc/fd0 the terminal reports:- > > umount: /dev/fd0 is not mounted (according to mtab) > > I cannot read the floppy - it is not mounted although it was reported as > being so. > > Any ideas ?? > > Thanks > David > Yes. A known problem but there is a solution. Can't remember what it is but there was a discussion on this in Ubuntu which I started at the end of September. You can either check the archives, or check Launchpad or wait (and remind me! :-) ) to find what I wrote at the time. The bottom line to all this is that none of the devs use computers with floppy drives and so they cannot produce the answer - nor really care because nobody is supposed to have computers which use floppies anymore :-( - but there IS an answer; I needed to boot the system using a floppy and started the thread beginning with, "WTF?! NO floppy in Lucid or in Meerkat". The "fix" is reasonably easy, and my floppy drive now is functional. BC -- Gumperson's Law: The probability of anything happening is in inverse proportion to its desirability. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
