How to mount floppy?

[Bob Goodwin - W2BOD]

Mike McCarty wrote:
> Bob Goodwin - W2BOD wrote:
>
> How it works... man fstab
>
> anyway
>
>>>> /dev/fd0                /media/floppy           auto    
>>>> defaults,noauto 0 0
>
> NODE  MOUNT_POINT  FS_TYPE  MOUNT_OPTIONS[,...]  DUMP_OFTEN  FSCK_ORDER
>
> NODE:        device node to mount
> MOUNT_POINT:    empty directory to mount over
> FS_TYPE:    file system type, or "auto" to guess
> MOUNT_OPTIONS:    options passed to the mount command at mount time
>         these are FS_TYPE dependent to a degree
>         this is a comma-separated list (no spaces!)
>         "noauto" here means "don't automatically mount
>             upon boot"
> DUMP_OFTEN:    tells dump whether this fs needs to be dumped
> FSCK_ORDER:    tells fsck which fsck pass to use for checks during boot
>
> For the options in the fourth field, do man mount. If you use "auto" for
> FS_TYPE on an MSDOS formatted floppy, you'll get vfat, which is
> FAT12+LFNs (Long File Names) in this case. I prefer not to use vfat,
> since I use floppies for transfer with MSDOS machines, which don't
> understand LFNs. The last two fields may be omitted, I believe, if they
> are to be 0, which they should be for floppies. You don't want
> automatically to run fsck on your floppy when you boot, for example.
>
> I explain the "auto" and "noauto" since they might seem to be in
> conflict. :-)
>
>> I will try as you suggest for the stab entry, I need to research 
>> those term and find out what I'm doing with them.
>>
>> Anyway the immediate problem is solved.
>>
>> Thanks to you and Mike McCarty.
>>
>> Sorry if I was sketchy with info but I thought I had done everything 
>> required, just needed to tell mount where to put it.
>
> Welcome
>
> HTH
>
> Mike
Thanks Mike.

I don't deal with creating fstab entries often but I have researched the 
subject before.  The information you provided helps and is appreciated.

Bob Goodwin