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! Of course not. Most floppies are FAT-12 filesystems. Try just "-t msdos" instead of vfat. > 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. My entries for fd0 & fd1: /dev/fd0 /A: msdos defaults,user,noauto /dev/fd1 /B: msdos defaults,owner,noauto of course this will only allow any user to mount a FAT formatted floppy by hand (The user can now type: "mount /dev/fd0" and it should work and only that user should have write-access to the floppy.) You can read about the differences between "user" and "owner" in the mount man page. > 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! Before playing with /etc/fstab, mount it by hand. In that way, you can play with the mount arguments until you get it right. Try: mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /media/floppy and see if that works. If it does, then you can create: /dev/fd0 /media/floppy msdos defaults,user > Thanks. Good Luck! > Bob Goodwin > -- Kevin J. Cummings kjchome@xxxxxxx cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Registered Linux User #1232 (http://counter.li.org)
