--- Kathy Wills <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > DB Wong wrote: > > > --- Kathy Wills <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have tried the > >following in my fstab file: > > > > > >>/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy ext3 users,ro 0 0 > >> > >>and > >> > >>/dev/floppy /mnt/floppy ext3 users,ro 0 0 > >> > >>Of course, it has the proper spacing in the actual file. I keep getting > >>the message that it is not a block device. Can someone please tell me > >>what I am doing wrong? > >> > >> > > > >The first case looks okay to me but the block device error will come from > the > >second case (/dev/floppy) because that's a directory (try /dev/floppy/0) > > > >--DB > > > > > I'll give that a try. Hope that stops the errors. >
Thinking about it again, you should add the "noauto" to the options so it doesn't try to mount on boot with no floopy in the drive. That will cause the error in the first case as well. --DB ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
