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Re: mount /dev/fd0 is not a valid block device



Hello Ioana,

* Ioana Glitia <iglitia@linux360.ro> [2005-01-17 23:12]:
> I've installed the base system of Debian (from the 20 floppy disks) on 
> my IBM 755C Thinkpad (it has no cd-rom and only 20 MB RAM as I said in a 
> different mail). When I try to mount a floppy disk it says:
> 
> end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00 (floppy), sector 64
> /dev/fd0: Input/output error
> end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00 (floppy), sector 0
> mount: /dev/fd0 is not a valid block device
> 
> Did I go wrong somewhere at the installation? Could someone explain me 
> what the error means?

looks like the floppy is broken or your hardware. floppy is
a bad medium ;(
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