Richard Adams wrote:
>
> According to Catalin Bucur: While burning my CPU.
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have the following line in /etc/auto.misc file:
> > floppy -fstype=auto,rw,user :/dev/fd0
> > If I try to mount a floppy which is DOS formatted, it doesn't work sometimes.
> > All I have to do is to replace the word "auto" with "msdos" or "vfat". Are there
> > some bugs or is anything wrong?
> > I have RedHat5.2 with 2.0.36 kernel.
>
> Firstly i dont have redhat 5.2 so i hav'nt got a clue what "/etc/auto.misc"
> does or is supposed to do.
/etc/auto.misc is something like /etc/fstab. The 2.0.36 kernel have an
automounter daemon (amd) which mount devices more easy for user and
de-mount after a couple of minutes (if I don't use anymore that device).
> However the linux way to mount a floppy drive is with the "mount" command,
> and have an entry in /etc/fstab (as shown underneath) to mount the floopy
> with the command 'mount /dev/fd0' or 'mount /floppy'
>
> /dev/fd0 /floppy msdos user,noauto 0 0
>
> You can mount /dev/fd0 with almost any filesystem, as long as you have
> kernel support fot that particular filesystem type.
>
> You can also have multi /dev/fd0 entrys in /etc/fstab but you must define a
> seperate mount directory, this method is not recomended.
>
> /dev/fd0 /floppy ext2 user,noauto 0 0
> /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy msdos user,noauto 0 0
>
> 'user' allows user accounts to mount /dev/fd0
> 'noauto' do not mount /dev/fd0 at boot time
> The first 0 is for fs_freq (dump) default is 0
> The second 0 is for fsck a value of 0 (default) will tell fsck not to do a
> system check.
Yes, I understand, but have you tried to put "auto" instead of "msdos"
or "ext2". This works for you?
Thanks.
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