[Bug 301549] Re: Ubuntu 8.10 No floppy drive is available
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 255651 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/255651 What was unhelpful about the reply. This bug is a duplicate of a bug that has already been reported, so I told you that and gave you the number of the master bug report (which has a workaround). So, what did I say that was not helpful? -- Ubuntu 8.10 No floppy drive is available https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/301549 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 301549] Re: Ubuntu 8.10 No floppy drive is available
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 255651 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/255651 Chris Coulson wrote: *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 255651 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/255651 What was unhelpful about the reply. This bug is a duplicate of a bug that has already been reported, so I told you that and gave you the number of the master bug report (which has a workaround). So, what did I say that was not helpful? Sorry if I upset you but look at it from my point of view. I am not a geek, I am still new to Ubuntu and this problem has been around too long. In fact it happened years ago with an earlier version of Ubuntu and again it took a year to be fixed. I tried the workaround but failed probably because of inexperience in use of Terminal and the language. I spent hours getting nowhere until asking a neighbour for help. Two of the replies I had consisted of nothing but pages of numbers, they were of no help at all. I like Ubuntu and have no desire to go back to MS but I will never recommend Ubuntu to friends unless I consider that they are as stubborn as myself. The jump from MS to Linux is beyond most people who are (they think) safe with MS. The devil thy know - - - - - - - etc. One final excuse - I am 84 and there is some truth in the saying You can't teach an old dog new tricks. But I keep trying. D. -- Ubuntu 8.10 No floppy drive is available https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/301549 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 301549] Re: Ubuntu 8.10 No floppy drive is available
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 255651 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/255651 On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 07:08:55AM -, Derek Bollam wrote: She had the answer in a few minutes and now I have access to the floppy drive. She did in a few minutes what Ubuntu appear to failed to do in over twelve months. Basically the floppy drive had been ignored and was not mounted. To save the next person the same pain it would be helpful if you could detail the magic as performed by your friend in this bug. This will: 1) benefit any person stubmling upon this bug trying to find a solution, and 2) allow 'ubuntu' to understand the fix and work out how to prevent it in the future. Linux is a colaborative effort overall. -- Ubuntu 8.10 No floppy drive is available https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/301549 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 301549] Re: Ubuntu 8.10 No floppy drive is available
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 255651 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/255651 Andy Whitcroft wrote: *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 255651 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/255651 On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 07:08:55AM -, Derek Bollam wrote: She had the answer in a few minutes and now I have access to the floppy drive. She did in a few minutes what Ubuntu appear to failed to do in over twelve months. Basically the floppy drive had been ignored and was not mounted. To save the next person the same pain it would be helpful if you could detail the magic as performed by your friend in this bug. This will: 1) benefit any person stubmling upon this bug trying to find a solution, and 2) allow 'ubuntu' to understand the fix and work out how to prevent it in the future. Linux is a colaborative effort overall. Hi, Below you will find the 'magic' as it was emailed to me. All I can say is it worked for me and it may not be perfect since it claims it cannot mount while actually doing so. *** Ubuntu has really missed the boat on this floppy problem if they haven't created a mount point for it. Before doing anything else, check to see if there is a mount point on your setup by opening a terminal and running this command: ls -l /media/ Here is what I see when I run it: total 16 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-05-27 13:35 card lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root6 2007-09-24 17:54 cdrom - cdrom0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2007-09-24 17:54 cdrom0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root7 2007-09-24 17:54 floppy - floppy0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2007-09-24 17:54 floppy0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2007-11-04 17:16 usbdisk The - indicates a soft link to the real mount point. The one you want is the floppy0. If it isn't there, you can create it by using your usual sudo command (with your options s and h) mkdir, such as: sudo -s -h mkdir /media/floppy0 I am not sure how you give the s and h options. Do as you usually do and then check the ls -l command again to see if your permissions are the same as mine (drwxr-xr-x). If not, then give this command (preceded by sudo): chmod 755 /media/floppy0 That is a shorter way of doing what he says with the g+rwx command. Do you have the soft link in your listing? Maybe you will need that for automounting. If it isn't there, give this command (using sudo): ln -s /media/floppy0 /media/floppy Leave the additional line in fstab as in mine: # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # file system mount point type options dump pass /dev/fd0/media/floppy0 autorw,user,noauto 0 0 Also, leave floppy in /etc/modules (without quotation marks and in lower case). On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 09:41:57AM +1300, Derek Bollam wrote: I can always fall back on modprobe floppy in terminal but this thing is beginning to annoy me and to add to the problem I see that gfloppy formatter does not work either. Try in a terminal with an unmounted floppy: superformat /dev/fd0 HD I don't have to use sudo but you may. There we are, I hope this is of use to all and sundry. A final thought - - - I know from experience that a great number of people would be interested in changing to Linux but are put off by similar experiences to mine. Does Ubuntu really want more users or do they prefer to remain as a select 'group'?I think this is an important question and deserves a serious answer from high up in the Canonical hierarchy. I am perfectly willing to give my views as a new and somewhat baffled user if it would help to see things from my level. D. -- Ubuntu 8.10 No floppy drive is available https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/301549 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 301549] Re: Ubuntu 8.10 No floppy drive is available
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 255651 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/255651 Chris Coulson wrote: *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 255651 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/255651 Thank you for your bug report. This bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 255651. Please feel free to report any other bugs you find. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: None = linux Status: New = Invalid ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 255651 floppy disk drive not detected (module not loaded) in Intrepid Alpha 4 kernel 2.6.27-2 I found this reply somewhat unhelpful and turned instead to a neighbour who runs Debian. She had the answer in a few minutes and now I have access to the floppy drive. She did in a few minutes what Ubuntu appear to failed to do in over twelve months. Basically the floppy drive had been ignored and was not mounted. Remembering that the previous 8.04 suffered the same fault. I like Ubuntu but feel that there is too much emphasis on the next update in six months. Maybe once a year (or 18 months) and get it right first? D. -- Ubuntu 8.10 No floppy drive is available https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/301549 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 301549] Re: Ubuntu 8.10 No floppy drive is available
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19896609/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment added: ProcMaps.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19896610/ProcMaps.txt ** Attachment added: ProcStatus.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19896611/ProcStatus.txt -- Ubuntu 8.10 No floppy drive is available https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/301549 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 301549] Re: Ubuntu 8.10 No floppy drive is available
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 255651 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/255651 Thank you for your bug report. This bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 255651. Please feel free to report any other bugs you find. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: None = linux Status: New = Invalid ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 255651 floppy disk drive not detected (module not loaded) in Intrepid Alpha 4 kernel 2.6.27-2 -- Ubuntu 8.10 No floppy drive is available https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/301549 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
