--- "D.Venkatasubramanian, Noida" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 1087 pts/1D 0:00 mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
Try file -s /dev/fd0 and see what it says. If that hangs your system
then there probably is a hardware problem. Cant imagine any thing new
has happened in Floppy drive tec
Hi All,
Here is the output from various commands.
The /etc/fstab file. The mount process just hangs.
Could someone throw some light on this, I am trying
to mount a FAT floppy.
Mine is a RedHat 7.2 system, but I am using ext3 file
system for /. I had converted to ext3fs from ext2fs
more than s
e problem if I give this command.
> This is what is in the man pages
>
> Regards,
>
> Venky
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Narsingh Sahu
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 10:49 PM
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> > I even tried it without using fstab settings.
> >
> > mount -tvfat /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
> >
> > Is there some problem if I give this command.
> > This is what is in the man pages
>
> I think there should be a gap '-t' and 'vfat' in the
> command. Like 'mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy'. I
--- "D.Venkatasubramanian, Noida"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The drives are OK
and work perfectly under Win98.
> I forgot to get the /etc/fstab file. In fact the
> mount
> process is shown when I do a ps -ax. And it is there
> indefinitely.
> Can't even kill it with kill -9. I think, I will get
ilugd]: Floppies and CDs do not mount
--snip
Could it be that your floppy and CDROM drive are
failing, being old, and need repairs? Are they being
recognised at the time of boot? Pl check.
--narsingh
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--- "D.Venkatasubramanian, Noida"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi,
>
> I have a peculiar problem, my floppies or CDs do not
> mount.
> The mount command hangs. Nor does it mount through
> the GUI.
> It used to earlier, this problem is since I changed
> some
> settings in /etc/fstab for the FAT
--- "D.Venkatasubramanian, Noida" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a peculiar problem, my floppies or CDs do not mount.
> The mount command hangs. Nor does it mount through the GUI.
> It used to earlier, this problem is since I changed some
> settings in /etc/fstab for the FAT filesystems (P
