/dev/fd0 is not a valid block device
Aaron Konstam
akonstam at trinity.edu
Fri Apr 9 23:32:48 UTC 2004
On Fri, Apr 09, 2004 at 03:11:04PM -0400, James Kosin wrote:
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> Rick Stevens wrote:
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> If you use fdformat to format the floppy in Linux, you still need to use
> mkfs to build a file system on the floppy. Otherwise, you will still
> get this error, even after the format.
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This is wrong. In fact fdformat is for making dos type disks and mkfs
for linux formatted disks
> /dev/fd0 is only permitted if fdformat knows the format already or can
> find it out from the floppy.
>
> You can use mount /mnt/floppy to try again. Or better still, get a disk
> you know is good... and try mounting that.
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