Try: # ls -la
after you cd into it. The files you have saved on your fd0 may be system directories/files i.e. they may have a . before the file/directory name. > -----Original Message----- > From: Adrian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 04 September 2005 16:14 > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: [gentoo-user] floppy drive will format a disk, boot > from a grub floppy, but can't write any files > > > Something odd is going on with my floppy drive, maybe it's just a > hardware problem? In the first example you will see that I > can format a > floppy, mount it, but then I can not copy any files to it. > > ---------------------------------------------example---------------- > Sun Sep 04 09:02:16 > /home/skippi > root $ mke2fs /dev/fd0 > mke2fs 1.37 (21-Mar-2005) > Filesystem label= > OS type: Linux > Block size=1024 (log=0) > Fragment size=1024 (log=0) > 184 inodes, 1440 blocks > 72 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user > First data block=1 > 1 block group > 8192 blocks per group, 8192 fragments per group > 184 inodes per group > > Writing inode tables: done > Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done > > This filesystem will be automatically checked every 24 mounts or > 180 days, whichever comes first. Use tune2fs -c or -i to override. > > Sun Sep 04 09:03:18 > /home/skippi > root $ mkdir /floppy > > Sun Sep 04 09:03:40 > /home/skippi > root $ mount /dev/fd0 /floppy > > Sun Sep 04 09:03:56 > /home/skippi > root $ mkdir -p /floppy/boot/grub > mkdir: cannot create directory `/floppy/boot': Input/output error > ----------------------------------------------------- > > now here, I mount my GRUB floppy, which has files on it, since I used > this to boot my computer, yet I can't actually see any of the files. > > --------------------------------another example-------------- > Sun Sep 04 09:08:06 > /home/skippi > root $ mount /mnt/floppy/ > > Sun Sep 04 09:08:26 > /home/skippi > root $ df > Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on > /dev/hde7 11718996 6638084 5080912 57% / > /dev/hde9 266180800 232401964 33778836 88% /home > /dev/fd0 1412 158 1182 12% /mnt/floppy > > Sun Sep 04 09:08:31 > /home/skippi > root $ cd /mnt/floppy/ > > Sun Sep 04 09:08:36 > /mnt/floppy > root $ ls > > Sun Sep 04 09:08:46 > /mnt/floppy > root $ du > 1.0K . > 1.0K total > > Sun Sep 04 09:08:59 > /mnt/floppy > root $ > > Simply a bad drive? I have tried numerous floppy disk, and they can't > all be bad. Any other ideas for troubleshooting? > > Thank you very much. > Adrian > > > -- > On The Fly Photography -:- Creation From Chaos > > On The Fly Photography: http://204EastSouth.com > Purchase from On The Fly: http://204EastSouth.com/OTFStore.htm > The Cynical Libertarian Society: http://www.204EastSouth.com/cls > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
