Joseph wrote:
I'm trying to mount and access floppy, it would seem so simple (as instructions are everywhere) but I still have a problem and the worse is I don't know why it is not working. My /etc/fstab has entry: /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy msdos defaults 1 2 I've tried as well: /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy vfat user,noauto 0 0 and whenever I try to mount floppy mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy I get a mess a message: mount: wrong fs type, bad options, bad superblock on /dev/fd0 What am I doing wrong?By the way how do I give user permission to mount floppy My /floppy directory has mod 777
Instead of poking around in fstab Try this: # cd /mnt # mkdir flop Next type in the following three aliases# alias wflop+='mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt/flop; cd /mnt/flop; ls -aF --color=auto'
# alias lflop+='mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /mnt/flop; cd /mnt/flop; ls -aF --color=auto' # alias flop-='cd; umount /mnt/flop' Now you can access the floppy with one of these: # wflop+ (if it is a vfat system) # lflop+ (if it is a ext2 system) You can do your thing with the floppy now ----- Be sure to do: # flop- (when you are finished) These aliases are so handy, they should be in everyone's /root/.bashrc If you're reluctant to use aliases: # cd /mnt # mkdir flop # cd # mount -t vfat (or ext2) /dev/fd0 /mnt/flop # cd /mnt/flop # ls -aF --color=auto # cd; umount /mnt/flop (when you are finished)