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Re: [Sheflug] Re: mounting a floppy

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Subject: Re: [Sheflug] Re: mounting a floppy
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Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2002 17:23:17 +0100
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On Sunday 08 Sep 2002 4:55 pm, Douglas G Mckendrick wrote:
> I'm still unable to mount my floppy with
>
> mount /floppy
>
> Also I've been looking at the man pages........Is there a way to
> specifically search for a topic?

What happens when you try "mount /floppy"?
Are you root? You may need to be root to mount disks.
Does /floppy exist? Sometimes the floppy mountpoint may be e.g. /mnt/floppy
Is the disk in the drive formatted?
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References:
- [Sheflug] mounting a floppy
  - From: Douglas G Mckendrick
- [Sheflug] Re: mounting a floppy
  - From: Richard Ibbotson
- [Sheflug] Re: mounting a floppy
  - From: Douglas G Mckendrick

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