[2776] in RedHat Linux List
Re: mounting the floppy and printing with a deskjet 560c
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steve \"Stevers!\" Coile)
Tue Nov 5 12:36:09 1996
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 1996 12:27:07 -0500 (EST)
From: "Steve \"Stevers!\" Coile" <scoile@patriot.net>
To: Brian Kirkland/CADC Designer <bgk@cypress.com>
cc: Red Hat Mail List <redhat-list@redhat.com>
In-Reply-To: <327F7638.6340@cypress.com>
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On Tue, 5 Nov 1996, Brian Kirkland/CADC Designer wrote:
> I am very new to this stuff so please don't laugh at these
> questions. I searched the archives first but I didn't find anything
> to directly answer my questions.
>
> 1) I can't seem to mount my floppy.
> I type: mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
>
> and I get: mount: /dev/fd0 is not a valid block device
>
> What is wrong?
If it's a DOS disk, try:
mount -t msdos /dev/fd0H1440 /mnt/floppy
If it's a EXT2 disk, try:
mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0H1440 /mnt/floppy
-S
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