On Wednesday 12 November 2003 08:38 pm, Kathy Wills wrote:
> Norbert Kamenicky wrote:
> > Kathy Wills 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?
> >
> > Hi Kathy,
> >
> > u do not like read manuals, don't u ?
> >
> > In both of lines u have mistakes in flag "user" :-(
> > /dev/floppy is not dev special, but directory, therefore the
> > error :-) really u like to use ext3 FS on floppy ? (M$ floppy
> > uses vfat)
> >
> > let's try this:
> >
> > /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto user,noauto 0 0
>
> That is one of the ways I tried. I was still getting the error
> message about it. Yes, I read the manuals. Everything I had tried
> came up with the error message.
Kathy,
Try it like this:
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy vfat noauto,users,auto,rw 0 0
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Regards, Ernie
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