--- In [email protected], James Jolin <james.jolin@...> wrote: > > Loyal,, > No I looked at /dev with midnight commander. I do see the floppy in > /etc/fstab. I will run the mount command and see what happens. > Thanks. > > Jim > > > > > On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 9:32 PM, loyal_barber <loyal_barber@...> wrote: > > > ** > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], James Jolin <james.jolin@> wrote: > > > > > > I am using Mint 13 and I tried to mount the floppy using the mount > > > command. The floppy is in the media directory, but not in the dev > > > directory. In fact there is not any devices in the dev directory. I think > > > I've forgotten some basic linux stuff. Need someone to quick start my > > > brain. > > > Jim wa9arb > > > <snip> > > > > When you checked for devices under /dev, did you use a command similar > > to the following: > > > > sudo ls /dev > > > > There are always entries under /dev. I have not used a floppy in a > > while but I believe they are listed as /dev/fd*. However another > > way you can check given that it shows up as mounted under /media > > is just the command "mount" which will tell you everything mounted > > currently. > > > > Hope this is what you are looking for. > > > > Loyal > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
try mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt Assuming your floppy is formatted with FAT12. It doesn't have to be, but there is a fair chance it is. You should be able to fdisk the floppy device first to check what filesystem type it is. fdisk -l /dev/fd0 Should print out what fdisk thinks is going on. I'd try it out to be sure but none of the systems I run have floppy drives in them anymore. The last time I tried to use a floppy all of the drives I had were messed up from age. I couldn't get one drive to read a disk I'd written in another one. Since then I have not bothered with the things myself. ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
