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RE: Floppy Error !!!!. Red Hat 5.1- 2nd Post
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Pierce)
Fri Oct 30 08:37:49 1998
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 08:38:33 -0600
From: John Pierce <whiplash@neosoft.com>
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>Subject:
> Floppy Error !!!!. Red Hat 5.1- 2nd Post
>Date:
> Fri, 30 Oct 1998 06:54:58 -0300
>From:
> "Carlos Lorenzo" <clorenzo@ta.telecom.com.ar>
>To:
> redhat-list@redhat.com
>seems like nobody can lend me a hand.....
In 5.1 you need to put the whole sha-bang to mount the floppy.....
mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy (or leave the -t msdos out if it's
a Linux disk...)
What errors are you getting when you try?? What do your fstab and
mtab files look like??
What command are you using to mount your disk??
/jwp
>Hi,
>Can anybody tell me why the floppy drive works fine under RedHat 2.0.26
and
>does not do it under 2.0.34 ? or if there is a way to keep the /dev
>directory unchanged when I upgrade the whole system ?
>When I try to do a fdformat /dev/fd0 or /dev/fd0H1440, the cursor stays
>blinking "forever" while the command is supposing to be verifying the
>format already done, however if I do a fdformat -n /dev/fd0H1440 it
works
>fine !!! ( although I can not mount the floppy afterwards ...)
>Is it a kernel trouble, what should I do ????
>THKS !!!
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