Re: [newbie] can't mount floppy, Input/output error

2000-12-20 Thread Barry Premeaux
Donnie Green wrote: > > All, > The following command now allows me to mount my floppy drive without errors, > but I cannot read any of the files on the floppy disk: > > /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/fd0 0 0 > > I placed a floppy in that has a document written with notepad and

Re: [newbie] can't mount floppy, Input/output error

2000-12-17 Thread Donnie Green
I tried knocking out various options, I tried supermounting, I tried defaults, and nothing seems to be working. Any other suggestions?? >From: bascule <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [newbie] can't mount floppy, I

Re: [newbie] can't mount floppy, Input/output error

2000-12-16 Thread Paul
On Sat, 16 Dec 2000, s wrote: >I sort of have that problem. Mine can read fat formatted disks, but not >ext2. I tried to add that parameter to /etc/fstab, but it didn't work. If I >substitute auto, will that enable it to read both? >-s Yes, that should do it. Paul -- Bureaucracy is the long

Re: [newbie] can't mount floppy, Input/output error

2000-12-16 Thread s
I get the same error if trying to use an ext2 formatted disk. It works okay with fat. I don't have any of the parameters that Donnie's does. Only the fs=vfat part. I tried adding ext2 to the script, but it still won't read them. I get the input/output errors in a terminal, and non-access r

Re: [newbie] can't mount floppy, Input/output error

2000-12-16 Thread s
I sort of have that problem. Mine can read fat formatted disks, but not ext2. I tried to add that parameter to /etc/fstab, but it didn't work. If I substitute auto, will that enable it to read both? -s On Friday 15 December 2000 14:31, you wrote: > Try this and see if that doesn't bring it b

Re: [newbie] can't mount floppy, Input/output error

2000-12-15 Thread bpremeaux
Try this and see if that doesn't bring it back: /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/fd0 0 0 You could substitute auto for vfat. Barry :-) On Thu, 14 December 2000, "Donnie Green" wrote: > > I just loaded up Linux-Mandrake 7.1 and the floppy drive will not mount. > > The error

Re: [newbie] can't mount floppy, Input/output error

2000-12-14 Thread bascule
try knocking out various options from the fstab line and then mounting, start with the sync option, that gave me a problem in lm7.02 irc, bascule On Thursday 14 December 2000 11:47 pm, you wrote: > I just loaded up Linux-Mandrake 7.1 and the floppy drive will not mount. > > The error that I rec

[newbie] can't mount floppy, Input/output error

2000-12-14 Thread Donnie Green
I just loaded up Linux-Mandrake 7.1 and the floppy drive will not mount. The error that I receive is: mount: block device /dev/fd0 is write-protected, mounting read-only /dev/fd0: Input/output error The entry in /etc/fstab for my floppy is: /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto sync,user,noauto,nosuid,nodev

[newbie] CAN'T MOUNT FLOPPY

2000-01-30 Thread Dennis Robertson
Hello List, I am using LM7.0b(Oxygen) which until yesterday was running well pending receipt of LM7.0(Air). Then I tried to recompile the kernel which succeeded apart from Kppp(since fixed) and mounting of floppies. I have a problem which has previously been posted but following the thread in the