Caveat, I haven't truly followed this thread, so I may have missed some
pertinent info.
On Tue, 2007-05-01 at 16:22 +0000, steef wrote:
>
> > Do you have a device /dev/fd0?
> >
> >
> steef@debian-etch:~$ sudo mount /dev/fdo -t vfat,ext3 /media/floppy
> mount: special device /dev/fdo does not exist
> steef@debian-etch:~$
/dev/fd0 (eff-dee-zero)
not /dev/fdo (eff-dee-ohh)
Also, there is a bit of a problem, "mount" typically does not like
multiple "-t" arguments, though it is possible to use it. Auto is a
better option as it will try all the "loaded" known file systems.
So let us make sure everything is good. And steer clear of the
auto-magical stuff that is supposed to work:
sudo mkdir /media/fd0
sudo modprobe floppy
sudo modprobe vfat
sudo mount /dev/fd0 -t auto /media/fd0
If that works, then we have to look a bit more.
> > What does
> > # dmesg | grep fd
> > show?
> >
> >
> steef@debian-etch:~$ dmesg | grep fd
[snippage of non-relevant stuff]
the 0xfd0blah is the hex address stuff and not even related to the
floppy.
I want to make sure that this floppy is a "traditional floppy" meaning
that it is indeed plugged into the motherboard with a 48 pin(maybe more)
flat ribbon cable (with 25+ years of legacy built-in), and not an
internal or external USB floppy.
Also, we are sure that this floppy does work... as I have been seeing
more and more "new floppy drives" just puke and not work after a few
years of "intermittent/once-in-a-blue-moon" service. The old Teac single
speed drives I have, still work after 15 years of being swapped around
forever.
Cheers.
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