On Monday 25 July 2005 3:13 pm, taharka wrote: > Skol!! > > Steve Croteau wrote: > >Greetings, > > > >>I was just minding my own business the other day when I decided to write > >> a file to my floppy drive using FC3. Much to my surprise the icon I > >> always found under "computer" was gone. Looked in /etc/fstab and found > >> no reference. I had just used it 2 weeks ago. Could an update have > >> removed it > >> > >>for some reason? The same thing happened to my other FC3 box. What is > >> the exact entry I need to put this back into /etc/fstab? > >> > >>Thanks, > >>Steve > > > >I re-entered the floppy drive in /etc/fstab using the same settings as the > > CD and Burner. Now it works great on both boxes. > > > >/dev/fd0 /media/floppy auto > >pamconsole,exec,noauto,fscontext=system_u:object_r:removable_t,managed 0 0 > >/dev/hdd /media/cdrecorder auto > >pamconsole,exec,noauto,fscontext=system_u:object_r:removable_t,managed 0 0 > >/dev/hdc /media/cdrom auto > >pamconsole,exec,noauto,fscontext=system_u:object_r:removable_t,managed 0 0 > > > >Thanks for the help! > >Steve > > Odd, I just followed this procedure & tried mounting a floppy with the > "mount /media/floppy " command. I got an on screen message stating no > mount point found for floppy. However, after creating the /floppy > directory in /media, it now works. Lastly, after rebooting the computer, > I found that the settings in fstab don't stick :-( I had to perform this > procedure over to get the floppy drive working again. Mind rebooting one > of your boxes & see what happens? > > taharka > > Lexington, Kentucky U.S.A. OK, I'm a fool! The first time I rebooted it was fine (at least I thought it was because it worked). I just took your suggestion, rebooted, and it's gone. I noticed that there is an /etc/fstab~ file in addition to a new etc/fstab file. In the new /etc/fstab file my 'floppy' entry is gone. It's still in the backup file if that's what the ~ means. If HAL (I have no idea what that is) is managing this device and the kernel support is broken then maybe we should use a simplier entry like: /dev/fd0 /media/floppy auto,rw,noauto,user,sync 0 0 This entry was suggested earlier by Peter. Also, I forgot to mention in my previous post that I too had to create the /media/floppy directory. Steve
