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THanks Udo, but those are suggestions that I have already tried.
The CD stops automounting, but the floppy won't. And, I cannot mount
a floppy formatted with ext2, unless I go to root and issue
mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
manually. Strangly, a DOS formatted floppy mounts fine.
I just clean installed MDK 8.2, including formatting the HDs, after using
SuSE for FIVE years. SuSE never gave me a problem with mounting ext2
floppies.
In examinging boot.log I noticed the following errors, marked by "<======"
Jun �2 11:01:00 jlkreps cups: cupsd startup succeeded
Jun �2 12:03:40 jlkreps nfslock: rpc.statd startup succeeded
Jun �2 12:03:40 jlkreps random: Initializing random number generator: �succeeded
Jun �2 12:03:41 jlkreps mount: mount: /dev/fd0 is not a valid block device �
<===========================
Jun �2 12:03:41 jlkreps netfs: Mounting other filesystems: �failed �
�<=================================
Jun �2 12:03:41 jlkreps apmd: apmd startup succeeded
Jun �2 12:03:41 jlkreps atd: atd startup succeeded
Jun �2 12:02:28 jlkreps rc.sysinit: Configuring kernel parameters: �succeeded
Jun �2 12:02:28 jlkreps date: Sun Jun �2 12:02:28 EDT 2002
Jun �2 12:02:28 jlkreps rc.sysinit: Setting clock �(utc): Sun Jun �2 12:02:28 EDT 2002
succeeded
Jun �2 12:02:28 jlkreps rc.sysinit: Loading default keymap succeeded
Jun �2 12:02:28 jlkreps rc.sysinit: Setting hostname jlkreps.athome: �succeeded
Jun �2 12:02:33 jlkreps rc.sysinit: Remounting root filesystem in read-write mode:
�succeeded
Jun �2 12:02:33 jlkreps rc.sysinit: Activating swap partitions: �succeeded
Jun �2 12:02:41 jlkreps rc.sysinit: Finding module dependencies: �succeeded
Jun �2 12:02:41 jlkreps : Loading module: scsi_hostadapter
Jun �2 12:02:41 jlkreps fsck: /dev/hda1: recovering journal
Jun �2 12:02:42 jlkreps fsck: /dev/hda1: clean, 58/6024 files, 3848/24066 blocks
Jun �2 12:02:46 jlkreps mount: mount: /dev/fd0 is not a valid block device �
<===============================
Jun �2 12:02:51 jlkreps rc.sysinit: Mounting local filesystems: �failed � � � � �
�<=================================
Jun �2 12:02:51 jlkreps rc.sysinit: Mounting loopback filesystems: �succeeded
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Both appear to be a bad /dev/df0, which is strange �since I did a clean install,
including formatting.
/dev/fd0 is a symbolic link to /dev/floppy/*
lr-xr-xr-x � �1 root � � root � � � � � �8 Jun �2 18:43 /dev/fd0 -> floppy/0
And my dev devices have the following magor & minor numbers:
brw-rw---- � �1 jerry � �floppy � � 2, � 0 Dec 31 �1969 /dev/floppy/0
brw-rw---- � �1 jerry � �floppy � � 2, �84 Dec 31 �1969 /dev/floppy/0u1040
brw-rw---- � �1 jerry � �floppy � � 2, �88 Dec 31 �1969 /dev/floppy/0u1120
brw-rw---- � �1 jerry � �floppy � � 2, �28 Dec 31 �1969 /dev/floppy/0u1440
Does the /dev/floppy/0 device appear to have the correct major and minor numbers to
you?
Thanks for responding, Udo !!
JLK
On Monday 03 June 2002 07:12 am, you wrote:
> the desicion, which device is handled by supermount is set - as usually
> - in /etc/fstab.
>
> in order to get your floppy working w/o supermount, you should change
> the floppy entry:
>
> ----CUT----
> /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount
> dev=/dev/fd0,fs=vfat,--,iocharset=iso8859-15,sync,codepage=850 0 0
> ----CUT----
>
> ... to this:
>
> ----CUT----
> /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto defaults 0 0
> ----CUT----
>
> I am actually wondering, why mandrake uses vfat as the default floppy
> filesystem, so I suggest using automagic detection (auto).
>
> udo
>
> Am Son, 2002-06-02 um 20.59 schrieb Timothy R. Butler:
> > Hi everyone,
> > I have a friend who is new to Mandrake (but not Linux) and is
> > interested in removing supermount. He has tried disabling it in mcc, and
> > that did the trick a/f/a the CD-ROM drive, however the diskette drive is
> > still being managed by supermount for some reason. Does anyone have
> > suggestions on how to kill off supermount for good on his system?
> >
> > BTW, if anyone who replies could "Reply-to-all" so that my friend gets
> > a copy of your suggestions that would be great.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Tim
> >
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