Well firstly I assume there is a disc in it.. Secondly there is a known issue with some motherboards whereby the floppy drive is not recognised. To check it out when booting at the splash screen where you choose which operating system to run hit Escape You will get a text prompt type linux nobiospnp Linux should then continue loading.
If that fixes it come back and we will tell you how to make the change permanent. Thirdly. Some users have found the icons are defined incorrectly on the desktop. Try opening a terminal window (Click on the little picture of a monitor at bottom left of your screen.) and type mount /mnt/floppy If that works then it is just your Icon screwed up. If none of that works type in the terminal window more /etc/fstab and copy the output to us in an email. Hope that Helps and welcome to the world of Linux. There is a lot to learn, but soon you will wonder why other operating systems are not this cool. Derek On Saturday 19 January 2002 22:42, you wrote: > Hi. > > I just installed Mandrake 8.1 and can't seem to access the floppy drive. I > clicked on the floppy icon in the Desktop and got an error message [can't > mount device]. > > I'm new to Linux and I guess clicking on the icon isn't enough. What do I > need to do? > > Thanks
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