Doug Riddle said: > > If you log on as root, can you mount the floppy?
as root: nope. not at the command line, not trying every filesystem type mentioned in the O'Reilly book. a Mandrake friend suggested using "auto" as the filesystem type (auto-detect?) and that didn't work either. :-\ mat branyon said: > > have you checked to make sure there is an fd0 in your /dev > folder? yeah, i checked that too. /dev/fd0 is a symlink to a file that claims it's a block device when i use ls -al. however, this did remind me that there are about a dozen other /dev/fd's with names like 0xxxxx, and i guess i'll try editing the /etc/fstab entry to all of those in succession to find out if any of them work. Doug Riddle said: >> 2) I get a Segmentation Fault at the end of shutting down. > > Try running fsck and see if you have any issues with your drives. "issues"? maybe my drives need psychotherapy ;-) thank you, i'll try that (fsck, not psychotherapy). i'll be sure to bring some blank CD's and see people Monday. trish
