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fuoms
21st April 2011, 10:25 AM
Hi All
Is it still possible to mount the floppy drive on FC14

I tried this from su:

mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy ---- i get --- mount: special device /dev/fd0 does not exist
mount -t ext2 /dev/fd /mnt/floppy ---- i get --- mount: /proc/4037/fd is not a block device

Any help
THanks
Colin

stoat
21st April 2011, 02:04 PM
The floppy module probably is not loaded. Load it this way and try your stuff again...su
modprobe floppy

fuoms
21st April 2011, 03:33 PM

Cheers! that did the trick!
Much appreciated.

stoat
21st April 2011, 03:36 PM
Very well.

The floppy module was dropped from Fedora's init stuff several versions ago. If you need that module mounted automatically at boot time, then copy that modprobe command into /etc/rc.local.

0nickyet
23rd April 2011, 06:15 PM
Although I tested different options in /etc/fstab and changed owner and permissions of /mnt/floppy, still only root can mount the floppy.
Anyone any idea?