Can't mount a floppy disk

[Keith Powell]

On Sunday 27 August 2006 5:11 pm, Antonio Olivares wrote:
>
> Hopefully, gnome-libs or other dependencies are
> present in your system.
>
> Fireup a terminal and do
> $ gnome-mount -d /dev/fd0
>
> This should mount your floppy and create the mount
> point /media/floppy.
> To unmount
> $ gnome-mount -u /dev/fd0
>
> If this fails, then become superuser, su -
> and put in your password
> # mkdir -p /media/floppy   *could be /mnt/floppy
>   * depends on your preferences
> # mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /media/flopppy
>
> and this also mounts it.
> To unmount
> # umount /media/floppy
>
> Regards,
>
> Antonio

Thank you for your reply and your help, Antonio.

I will try your suggestion, but you mention gnome-libs. I am using the 
KDE desktop, so I am wondering if it will work in KDE or if it is 
gnome-specific. 

However, I'll try it when I sort out the floppy mounting problem.

Cheers

Keith