> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, February 09, 2001 3:21 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [newbie] Can't Access Floppy
>
>
> Out of the blue, my first floppy drive (3.5" 1.44 megs)
> won't read disks. Nothing seems to have changed in
> /etc/fstab or in the mounting sequences. Makes no difference
> if I am logged as a user or root. Is there something unseen
> that could prevent my disks from being seen? The indications
> I get suggest that there is no disk in the drive.
> I suspect a bad drive or ribbon, but I want to rule out a
> configuration problem before I replace it.
>
Try booting your system from that drive.
If you can then you know that the drive and cable are not the problem.
If you can't then 1 or both are the problem.
Charles (-:
Forever never goes beyond tomorrow.
