floppy drive and FC5

[john s.]

oldman wrote:
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>>  Odd question; this box has 5 installed, I can't access the floppy
>> drive- it doesn't show up when I click on the Computer icon on the
>> desktop. I thought the drive might not be connected correctly, since I
>> can't remember if the floppy was accessable when I set the box up.  My
>> laptop, I orig had 5 loaded (same story with the floppy drive), then
>> upgraded to 6; w/6, I can access the floppy drive.
>>  I set up a second box w/5 over the weekend; the floppy disappeared
>> after running patches and installing programs. Has anyone else seen/have
>> this happen? Is there a way to correct things?
>>
>>                     John
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> What happens if (as root) you enter
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> mount /dev/fd0 /media/<your pre-existing mount-point>
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> this mounts the floppy for me.
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> Scott
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I'm fairly new to linux;  where would I log into root and enter mount?