Re: mounting and accessing floppy

2004-03-08 Thread Alexis Huxley
> and whenever I try to mount floppy > mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy > > I get a mess a message: > mount: wrong fs type, bad options, bad superblock on /dev/fd0 It says 'bad superblock', which means it didn't recognise it as a DOS floppy. So what *is* on the floppy then? How did you make it?

Re: mounting and accessing floppy

2004-03-07 Thread alex
Joseph wrote: I'm trying to mount and access floppy, it would seem so simple (as instructions are everywhere) but I still have a problem and the worse is I don't know why it is not working. My /etc/fstab has entry: /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy msdos defaults 1 2 I've tried as well: /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy vf

Re: mounting and accessing floppy

2004-03-06 Thread David Jardine
On Sat, Mar 06, 2004 at 02:25:23PM -0700, Joseph wrote: > I'm trying to mount and access floppy, it would seem so simple (as > instructions are everywhere) but I still have a problem and the worse is > I don't know why it is not working. > > My /etc/fstab has entry: > /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy msdos de

Re: mounting and accessing floppy

2004-03-06 Thread Carl Fink
There's never a good reason to mount a floppy IMO. Just use the mtools. -- Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jabootu's Minister of Proofreading http://www.jabootu.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED

mounting and accessing floppy

2004-03-06 Thread Joseph
I'm trying to mount and access floppy, it would seem so simple (as instructions are everywhere) but I still have a problem and the worse is I don't know why it is not working. My /etc/fstab has entry: /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy msdos defaults 1 2 I've tried as well: /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy vfat user,noaut