Re: [SLUG] mount floppy prob

[Steve Kowalik <stevenk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Shera,

On Fri, 21 Jul 2000, Shera wrote:

*snip*

> fstab
> /dev/fd0            /mnt/floppy            ext2    noauto, owner        0 0
> 
> Tried your suggestion and got:
> mount: /dev/fd0 is not a valid block device
> My command to mount the floppy is: mount floppy (as per the APC Mag
> instructions)
> 
> 

The only problems i can see, is:
1. If you're trying to mount a DOS floppy the "ext2" in /etc/fstab will
need to be vfat or msdos
2. mount floppy won't work, you need to specify a directory to mount, so
"mount /mnt/floppy' will do it

						Steve

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