On Sunday 27 August 2006 11:36, Keith Powell wrote: > I have installed FC5 with the KDE desktop. It's a very good > distribution and I am very pleased with it. > > However, I need to be able to occasionally use floppy disks and I > can't get them to mount. Inserting a floppy, clicking on the desktop > "System" icon, going to Storage Media and clicking on the floppy disk > icon, brings up an error message that it can't be mounted. Neither > does it automatically mount when a floppy disk is loaded (in case it > should!). > > I have tried going to the icon's properties and experimenting with > various mount points, but it's still the same. i have tried selecting > "automatically mount" but nothing. > > Then I created a desktop link to the floppy device. It still didn't > mount. Again, I tried pointing the link to various device mount > points (guessing where to point it!), but nothing. > > I can format a floppy, it's just that I can't mount it. > > I'm lost and would appreciate it if someone would kindly point me in > the right direction. > > If this has been asked before and answered, sorry for asking it again, > but I can't find it in the mailing list or forum archives. > > Many thanks > > Keith Hi Keith. You need to create an fstab entry for it, and a floppy directory in /mnt. As root. mkdir /mnt/floppy Then, as root in a text editor, add the line below to /etc/fstab, which I copied from my FC2 install, and works ok on FC5. /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,owner 0 0 Probably best to reboot, and the new fstab entry will be read. Nigel.
