Re: [Sheflug] mounting a floppy

[Pieter Meiring <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sunday 08 Sep 2002 3:09 pm, you wrote:
> Hi all, and thanks for the reply Ted,
>     I'm having trouble mounting a floppy.  When I type:
> mount floppy
>
> I get the reply:
> can't find floppy in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab
>

To be able to mount a floppy using "mount /floppy", the path, "/floppy" must 
be in your /etc/fstab file.

Usually on most Linux distributions, the floppy will have a mount point 
called "/mnt/floppy" in /etc/fstab and a "mount /mnt/floppy" will work if 
this is set up properly. The contents of the floppy are then visible under 
/mnt/floppy.

Have a look in /etc/fstab (use "less /etc/fstab") and see if the floppy 
device -usually /dev/fd0 or similar- is listed.

The listing is usually one of two forms, either as a straightforward mount 
entry of the form "/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,user 0 0" OR if your 
kernel and distribution supports supemount, something with supermount in it.

If all fails, could you please post a copy of your /etc/fstab file and we can 
tell you what to do with it.

Pieter
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