On Tuesday, December 11, 2012 11:59:52 PM Paul Hartman wrote:
> For some reason, when I mount floppy disk (standard HD 3.5" VFAT disk)
> it does nothing. No error, just nothing... I have not tried this in
> well over a year, but it used to work.
>
> The /dev/fd0 device works normally, I can access it with mtools and
> use dd and even access disks in virtual machines running mswindows.
>
> Furthermore, if I make an image of the disk using dd and then loop
> mount that image, it works! But when I try to mount my normal
> /mnt/floppy fstab entry that I've had for years, or manually "mount -t
> vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy" there is disk activity, but it never shows
> up in /proc/mounts and is not mounted for me afterward. If I add "-v"
> to mount, it tells me that it mounted, but it didn't actually...
> either that or it has unmounted itself instantly before I can see it.
>
> Can anyone else mount floppies? Is there some floppy magic I have
> forgotten over the years? Thanks for any tips!
Paul,
I can't remember the last time I actually mounted a floppy disk. I found "
mtools " to be very usefull for dealing with floppy-disks:
[I] sys-fs/mtools
Available versions: 4.0.13 4.0.15 ~4.0.16 ~4.0.17 {{X}}
Installed versions: 4.0.15(10:46:41 AM 08/02/2012)(-X)
Homepage: http://mtools.linux.lu/
Description: utilities to access MS-DOS disks from Unix without
mounting them
Not sure why it's installed on my desktop as it doesn't actually have a
floppydrive ;)
--
Joost
