--- Trish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey y'all, > > I'm a brand-shiny-new newbie (to Linux, but not Unix) having just > installed Mandrake 8.1 last weekend. I'm up and running, but > having a > few problems that 'Net research hasn't shed much light on: > > 1) I can't mount the floppy drive, even if I try at the command > line > with filesystem types msdos, vfat, ntfs, or auto. Error I get: > "Unknown Device". My /etc/fstab entry looks like this: > /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto > user,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,sync,exec,codepage=850,noauto 0 0
If you log on as root, can you mount the floppy? If so, then your user ID is not in the floppy group. As su/root try: adduser yourusername floppy > > 2) I get a Segmentation Fault at the end of shutting down. I don't > know if this is an actual problem or not. Earlier this week I had > several nasty crashes (had to power off at the power strip), and > perhaps this did some damage? Try running fsck and see if you have any issues with your drives. > > I will going to the newbie meeting on Monday, at the very least to > say > "Hi", but I'll probably have plenty of questions. I also have a > Lucent winmodem that I may need some help with if I can't figure it > out over the weekend. Until this morning I was getting the list > digest; hopefully it'll switch over before I leave work today, as I > don't have 'Net access from home because of the winmodem. Winmodems can be tricky, but I have seen them work. > > If necessary, I'm happy to wipe the HD and start fresh (maybe the > ISOs > from my friend were corrupt?), I have all my data backed up, but I > don't have copies of the CDs myself. I'm not yet attached to any > particular distro. If you're not too attached to that distro, bring a couple of blank CDs to the meeting and have someone make a copy of the LibraNet 2.0 distribution in the library for you. It is Debian based and a very nice distribution. IMHO > > Thanks for your thoughts and advice, and I'm looking forward to > meeting folks! > Trish See you at the meeting. > > p.s. Hardware info: looking over my notes, in my haste I forgot to > get > the info on my floppy drive (d'oh!). I'll try to get that later > today, but here's the rest: > motherboard: > Soyo SY-K7ADA with ALi MAGiK1 chipset > AthlonXP 1500+ processor > 256MB RAM > harddrive: Seagate Medalist Ultra-ATA, 6.5GB > CD-R/W: Goldstar 32x 10x 40x > videocard: KASER S305-32A AGP(chip SIS305) > modem: AZTECH MDP 7800V-U Voice/Data/Fax PCI > Chipset: Lucent Mars II Chipset id: DSP1646 > network card: 3Com Fast Etherlink XL PCI > 3C905B-TX > 10/100 base T > > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net ===== Warmest Regards, Doug Riddle http://www.dougriddle.com ## Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the Peoples' Liberty Teeth." - George Washington ## __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free http://sbc.yahoo.com
