How do, On Fri, 2007-05-11 at 13:36 -0400, Bob Goodwin - W2BOD wrote: > Can someone tell me why I can't mount a Windows floppy containing a > WordPerfect .wpd file on this FC6 computer? > > mount /dev/fd0 > mount: block device /dev/fd0 is write-protected, mounting read-only > mount: you must specify the filesystem type > > so I tried mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 > > but that doesn't work! > > I put the following in /etc/fstab > > /dev/fd0 /media/floppy auto defaults,noauto 0 0 > > which may not be correct? I tried to follow what I see in a Centos4.4 > box that does read the floppy directory, but messed around with the > default,noauto. Try the following in /etc/fstab; /dev/fd0 /media/floppy auto noauto,user,sync 0 0 > I feel like a rat in a maze after spending the whole morning trying to > retrieve the file from an old doggy Windows 98 computer that must have > crashed twenty times and refuses to recognize a mouse. Windows without > a mouse is a real exercise, for me anyway! > > Thanks. > > Bob Goodwin taharka Lexington, Kentucky U.S.A.
