[100548] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Can't mount floppy
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Carey F. Cox)
Sat Nov 21 19:08:25 1998
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1998 18:10:19 -0600 (EST)
From: "Carey F. Cox" <carey@tabasco.lamar.edu>
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No access light is coming on. To add to the mystery, I tried a
blank diskette and using cabaret successfully formatted and mounted
the new disk. I then copied the files I wanted to save and went on
about my business. I then tried to remount /mnt/floppy (after a
unmounting) and I now get the same error messages. Further, I am
getting the following messages from dmesg...
floppy0: Unable to allocate DMA memory
Any ideas?
On Sat, 21 Nov 1998, Gordon Messmer wrote:
> You should only get that if the kernel can't read anything from the
> drive. Does the access light come on when you try to mount the
> floppy? If not, check your BIOS and make sure it's still set up
> correctly, and make sure the power and cable are connected properly.
>
> If the light comes on, try a different disk... ?
>
> MSG
>
> > [root@tabasco /dev]# mount /mnt/floppy
> > mount: /dev/fd0 is not a valid block device
> >
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