Floppy Drive Gone NOT SOLVED

[Steve Croteau]

On Monday 25 July 2005 3:13 pm, taharka wrote:
> Skol!!
>
> Steve Croteau wrote:
> >Greetings,
> >
> >>I was just minding my own business the other day when I decided to write
> >> a file to my floppy drive using FC3.  Much to my surprise the icon I
> >> always found under "computer" was gone.  Looked in /etc/fstab and found
> >> no reference.  I had just used it 2 weeks ago.  Could an update have
> >> removed it
> >>
> >>for some reason?  The same thing happened to my other FC3 box.  What is
> >> the exact entry I need to put this back into /etc/fstab?
> >>
> >>Thanks,
> >>Steve
> >
> >I re-entered the floppy drive in /etc/fstab using the same settings as the
> > CD and Burner.  Now it works great on both boxes.
> >
> >/dev/fd0		/media/floppy		auto
> >pamconsole,exec,noauto,fscontext=system_u:object_r:removable_t,managed 0 0
> >/dev/hdd                /media/cdrecorder       auto
> >pamconsole,exec,noauto,fscontext=system_u:object_r:removable_t,managed 0 0
> >/dev/hdc                /media/cdrom            auto
> >pamconsole,exec,noauto,fscontext=system_u:object_r:removable_t,managed 0 0
> >
> >Thanks for the help!
> >Steve
>
> Odd, I just followed this procedure & tried mounting a floppy with the
> "mount /media/floppy " command. I got an on screen message stating no
> mount point found for floppy. However, after creating the /floppy
> directory in /media, it now works. Lastly, after rebooting the computer,
> I found that the settings in fstab don't stick :-( I had to perform this
> procedure over to get the floppy drive working again. Mind rebooting one
> of your boxes & see what happens?
>
> taharka
>
> Lexington, Kentucky U.S.A.


OK, I'm a fool!  The first time I rebooted it was fine (at least I thought it 
was because it worked).   I just took your suggestion, rebooted, and it's 
gone.  I noticed that there is an /etc/fstab~ file in addition to a new 
etc/fstab file.  In the new /etc/fstab file my 'floppy' entry is gone.  It's 
still in the backup file if that's what the ~ means.

If HAL (I have no idea what that is) is managing this device and the kernel 
support is broken then maybe we should use a simplier entry like:

/dev/fd0	/media/floppy	auto,rw,noauto,user,sync 0 0

This entry was suggested earlier by Peter.

Also, I forgot to mention in my previous post that I too had to create 
the /media/floppy directory.  

Steve