> From: James Mckenzie <jjmckenzie51@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: Floppy on fc12 could not find > Vincent Onelli <vonelli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > On 08/08/2010 12:32 PM, Vincent wrote: > >> > > Hello, > >> > > I am try to use the floppy on Dell Dimension 8300 with fc12 but it > >> > > didn't mount. > >> > > Here is what I did: > >> > > # mkdir /mnt/floppy > >> > > > >> > > # mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 mnt/floppy > >> > > mount: special device /dev/fd0 does not exist > >> > > > >> > > I look in the dev directory the fd0 does not exist. > >> > > I will appreciate help > >> > > and thank you in advace > >> > > Vinny > >> > > > >> > try modprobe floppy first. > >> > > >> did, no change. > >> > >> oops.. My apology I recall the previous entry that I was try different > >> dir "etc" I correct to "dev" and every thing works fine. > >> thank you very much. > >> vinny > >> > >I loose the floppy Icon every time I reboot. To get it back I need to > >run "modprobe floppy", this may not be too much of problem, but I still > >can't access the diskette when I try to access it by double clicking the > >icon. The message appears "unable to mount location no media in the > >drive". By the way the diskette and floppy are OK with windows I also > >try few other diskette. I do not know how to access from command line. > > You can try to access the drive by typing in: > > cd /mnt/floppy (that is where is shows up on my system) > > and then > > ls > > This should list all of the files readable on the drive. > > > >Any idea what else I could be doing wrong? > > Don't know. Not many folks use floppy disks anymore. > > You did state that the disks are read/writable under Windows, correct? > > I'll verify that my disk drive works this evening as I still have one or two around and a computer with a micro-floppy drive. > > James McKenzie > I try "$ cd /mnt/floppy $ ls it didn't show any files. I have 2 computer both behaving the same. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
