[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> On Thu, 23 May 2002, Albert E. Whale wrote:
>
> > Thanks for the reply, however this has recently occurred on an application
> > which was in service for over a year?
> >
> > Starbucks coffee always gives me reflux, I have had to cut back.
> >
> > Thanks again for the response.  Any other suggestions?
> >
>
> Bad floppy drive?  Try formatting a disk with:
>   fdformat /dev/fd0H1440  (or possibly fd0u1440).
>
> Verify that /dev/fd0 is either a link to /dev/fd0H1440
> or to the device in /dev/floppy.
>
> I lost your original post about how you tried to mount the device. Try
> mounting a known good disk with:
>    mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
>
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I will do this, on Tuesday.  The disk mounts perfectly well with the command:

mount /mnt/floppy (using the default info from /etc/fstab) on another Mandrake
Server.

Does this help at all?

--
Albert E. Whale - CISSP
http://www.abs-comptech.com
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ABS Computer Technology, Inc. - ESM, Computer & Networking Specialists
Sr. Security, Network, and Systems Consultant



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