Niether flopy drive nor CD ROM drive function in FC-3

[William F]

I'm using FC-3 Kernel 2.6.9 -1.667. The computer is a Dell Dimnension 4550. It is configured as a dual boot machine, running the user's option of FC-3 or Windows XP. My questions deal only with FC-3.

When a floppy disk is placed into the floppy drive and Main Menu==>System Tools==>Disk management chosen, the screen displays a message which reads:
"There are no filesystems which you are allowed to mount or unmount.
Contact your administrator."

The same problem is encountered if I attempt to use a CD-R
or a CD-RW

A friend suggested that I try, as root, "usermount" or "/usr/bin/usermount"

When either command is used as root a screen appears which
permits the user to choose which device he wants to be mounted.
I chose /dev/fd0.

Then I tried this command as root:
mount /dev/fd0

The screen response reads:
"mount: /dev/fd0 already mounted or /media/floppy busy
mount: according to mtab, /dev/fd0 is already mounted on /media/floppy"

Thus it appears that the floppy disk is indeed "mounted."

How do I open the floppy disk so that its data are displayed
on the screen?

Is there a way around the problem so that the user is not required
to type the commands as root each time he uses a floppy disk or
a CD-R or a CD-RW?

Many thanks for your guidance,

Willam F

[William F]

To all
With help from my friend, a true expert with Linux, I realized that the problem had been solved.
I had so many files open on the screen that I failed to see that the command I had used a s "root" actually produced the User Tool Mount screen.
I had successfully mounted the floppy disk without recognizing that the
floppy disk icon had appeared on my desktop screen. It was buried under
many other files I had open in the same window.

Today, with the screen cleared of everything but a Terminal screen, and after becoming "root," I entered the command "usermount" and the User Mount Tool screen appeared with "/dev/fd0" highlighted. I clicked "Mount" at the bottom of the little screen and the floppy disk icon appeared on my desktop.
It was readily opened with a right-click and a click on "Open."

Sorry for taking up the space.

William F