a real n00b question! how do i mount my floppy drive?

roddyguk · 02-09-2006, 06:33 PM

hi, i need a little help mounting my floppy drive on debian.

im a real n00b and cant figure out which command i need.

any help would lovely

kvedaa · 02-09-2006, 06:39 PM

depending on distro, you can often do something like this from the command line:

mount /mnt/floppy

see also:

http://www.tuxfiles.org/linuxhelp/mounting.html

I hope this helps

pljvaldez · 02-09-2006, 06:40 PM

I believe in debian it's mount /floppy

roddyguk · 02-09-2006, 06:54 PM

i tryed both the commands u guys said and neither of them worked
mount /floppy = mount: can't find /floppy in /etc/fstab or /ect/mtab
mount /fd0 = mount: can't find /floppy in /etc/fstab or /ect/mtab

so i took a look at the link kvedaa said and on there it said to use mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
which gave me an error, mount: mount point /mnt/floppy does not exist

any other ideas? of have i missed something?

btw cheers for the quick replys

pljvaldez · 02-09-2006, 07:02 PM

In Debian the mount point is /floppy. So the command mount /dev/fd0 /floppy should work for you. Now as to the fstab problem, that's a bit surprising. Can you post your /etc/fstab file?

roddyguk · 02-09-2006, 07:13 PM

when i try and mount, the light on the front of the floppy comes on and it starts clunking away, before i get the error.
iv also tryed a few disks just in case that might have been the problem.

my fstab file:

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/hda2 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
/dev/hda1 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/hdc /media/cdrom0 iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0
~

LeftyAce · 02-09-2006, 07:15 PM

Ok, based on your fstab file, you need to type "mount /media/floppy0" and your floppy will be accessible through the folder /media/floppy0.

roddyguk · 02-09-2006, 07:36 PM

nice 1 got it sorted

thanx 4 all the help and quick replys