On Thu, 2007-05-31 at 21:16 +0500, azeem ahmad wrote: > amazingly enough i am unable to mount a floppy disk in FC6 > > here is the output of commands > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > [root@linux01 ~]# mount -v /dev/floppy-fd0 /media/floppy > mount: you didn't specify a filesystem type for /dev/floppy-fd0 > I will try all types mentioned in /etc/filesystems or > /proc/filesystems > Trying hfsplus > mount: block device /dev/floppy-fd0 is write-protected, mounting read-only > mount: you didn't specify a filesystem type for /dev/floppy-fd0 > I will try all types mentioned in /etc/filesystems or > /proc/filesystems > Trying hfsplus > mount: you must specify the filesystem type > > [root@linux01 ~]# mount -v -t vfat /dev/floppy-fd0 /media/floppy > mount: block device /dev/floppy-fd0 is write-protected, mounting read-only > mount: /dev/floppy-fd0: can't read superblock > > [root@linux01 ~]# mount -v -t vfat /dev/fd0 /media/floppy > mount: block device /dev/fd0 is write-protected, mounting read-only > mount: /dev/fd0: can't read superblock > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > can anyone out there guide me how to mount a floppy in FC6 > > Regards > Azeem For me: mount /dev/fd0 /media/floppy worked. What is the format of your floppy? Is it really vfat , or is msdos? Since it is worried about superblocks , it seems to think that your floppy has some sort of ext2 or ext3 type format. -- Aaron Konstam tel: (210) 656-0355 akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
