SUSE 8 - Problem with /dev/fd0OK

[Joel Hammer]

Try making a mount point for your floppy, say (as root):
mkdir /mnt/floppy
chmod 777 /mnt/floppy
Then, rerun that mount command.
mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
NB: Never remove the floppy without umounting it. linux really hates that.
BTW, it is typical for people to do what they know how to do, not what
solves problems. (To a man with a hammer, etc.) Newbies, for example, only
know how to install linux (if that) and so they are always reinstalling to
fix problems. This isn't windows! So, don't reinstall. At least not yet.

You might try fdformat, just to see if you can talk to your floppy.
Read man fdformat but something like:
fdformat /dev/fd0 
might work or you might need
fdformat /dev/fd0H1440
Use ls -al /dev/fd0* to see what fd0 devices are defined on your system.
Of course, use a floppy with no data on it that you want to save.
Joel

On Sun, Apr 28, 2002 at 02:30:21PM -0700, Iraj Medifar wrote:
> OK, I used the suggested command: 
> mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
> and got the system answer: 
> mount point /mnt/floppy does not exist
> Then I tried:
> mant -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /media/floppy
> and got this answer: 
> block device /dev/fd0 is write-protected, mounting read-only
> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/fd0, or too many 
> mounted file systems
> Not much help to a Newbie!
> Aso tried file permissions as well as all system info I could find on yaST2, 
> to no avail. I wonder if I have to go for a reinstall to fix this, since 
> suse8 doesn't even seem to recognize that I have a floppy drive.
> 
> IM
> 
> 
> 
> On Sunday 28 April 2002 13:41, Net Llama! wrote:
> > 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?
> 
> -- 
> Iraj Medifar <irajmedifar at peoplepc.com>
> 
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