Re: Cannot mount floppies in Squeeze

[Stan Hoeppner <stan@hardwarefreak.com>]

On 7/16/2011 3:52 AM, Tomas Kral wrote:

> linux-image-2.6.32-5-686  2.6.32-35
> 
> $ su -c'mount /dev/fd0 /media/floppy0' # or
> $ mount /floppy

> [ 8744.146621] FAT: utf8 is not a recommended IO charset for FAT
> filesystems, filesystem will be case sensitive!
> 
> But no floppy is really mounted

> as it should as per fstab
> $ cat /etc/fstab | grep floppy
> /dev/fd0        /media/floppy0  auto    rw,user,noauto  0       0
> 
> Is there a floppy support in 2.6.32-5-686 at all?
> In /boot/config-2.6.32-5-686
> There is no floppy module set
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEFLOPPY=m

Is this a standard floppy interface drive or an IDE floppy?

> Also noticed kernel boots with SCSI devices
> /dev/sda.. /dev/sr..
> But my hardware is IDE/ATAPI based.

Read about libata:  https://ata.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Libata_FAQ

> How do I enable IDE on Squeeze?
> Many thanks.

You don't.  It's already enabled.  Libata manages your IDE and SATA
devices.  The old IDE drivers are deprecated.

-- 
Stan