SUSE 8 - Problem with /dev/fd0

[Net Llama!]

I'm not too surprised that those attempts fail to work, because they 
shouldnt' work, they're incorrect syntax.  You might want to look at the 
man page for mount, but these are both wrong:
/mount /media/floppy
mount /dev/fd0

The mount command requires at least 3 parameters, the filesystem type, 
device, and mount point.  So, assuming that your floppy is formatted for 
ext2, the correct command would be:
mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy

Adjust for your own environment.

Iraj Medifar wrote:
> The floppy must be properly formatted, because it is the one I have some 
> personal files saved on and used with suse 7.3 until a couple of days ago 
> without any problem. By the way, I have also tried a blank floppy with suse 8 
> just in case something may be wrong with the first one. No difference.
> As to your second question, I have tried "/mount /media/floppy", "mount 
> /dev/fd0" and simply clicking the KDE desktop floppy icon. None of these 
> works. 
> 
> IM 
> 
> On Sunday 28 April 2002 09:08, Net Llama! wrote:
> 
>>Is the floppy formatted with a filesystem?  If so, what command are you
>>using to mount the floppy?
>>
>>Iraj Medifar wrote:
>>
>>>Hi everyone:
>>>
>>>I just installed souse 8. Installation went very smoothly and everything
>>>seems to work just fine, except one problem: my floppy drive doesn't
>>>work. When I try to mount it, I get the following message:
>>>
>>>/dev/fd0: Input/output error
>>>mount: block device /dev/fd0 is write-protected, mounting read only
>>>/dev/fd0: Input/output error
>>>mount: I could not determine the file system type, and none was specified
>>>
>>>I didn't have this problem with souse 7.3 and I am using the same
>>>computer for suse 8.
>>>
>>>Would someone know how I can fix this problem, please?
>>
> 


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