How to mount floppy?
taharka
res00vl8 at alltel.net
Fri May 11 18:05:16 UTC 2007
How do,
On Fri, 2007-05-11 at 13:36 -0400, Bob Goodwin - W2BOD wrote:
> Can someone tell me why I can't mount a Windows floppy containing a
> WordPerfect .wpd file on this FC6 computer?
>
> mount /dev/fd0
> mount: block device /dev/fd0 is write-protected, mounting read-only
> mount: you must specify the filesystem type
>
> so I tried mount -t vfat /dev/fd0
>
> but that doesn't work!
>
> I put the following in /etc/fstab
>
> /dev/fd0 /media/floppy auto defaults,noauto 0 0
>
> which may not be correct? I tried to follow what I see in a Centos4.4
> box that does read the floppy directory, but messed around with the
> default,noauto.
Try the following in /etc/fstab;
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy auto noauto,user,sync
0 0
> I feel like a rat in a maze after spending the whole morning trying to
> retrieve the file from an old doggy Windows 98 computer that must have
> crashed twenty times and refuses to recognize a mouse. Windows without
> a mouse is a real exercise, for me anyway!
>
> Thanks.
>
> Bob Goodwin
taharka
Lexington, Kentucky U.S.A.
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