On Tuesday 29 January 2002 21:24, you wrote: > All, > I have just installed LM 8.1 and like it very much. > Except...I can't get my floppy disk working. I need > it under V<ware to be able to boot into Win2k, and I > need it to be able to transfer files from one machine > to another. When I try to access it, it tells me fd0 > is not a valid block device or something similar. > Below is a copy of my fstab > > /dev/hda5 / ext2 defaults 1 1 > none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 > none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 > /dev/hda7 /home ext2 defaults 1 2 > /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom auto > user,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,exec,codepage=850,ro,noauto > 0 0 > /dev/hdd /mnt/cdrom2 auto > user,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,exec,codepage=850,ro,noauto > 0 0 > /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto > user,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,sync,exec,codepage=850,noauto > 0 0 > /dev/hda1 /mnt/win_c vfat > iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0 > /dev/hda6 /mnt/win_d vfat > iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0 > none /proc proc defaults 0 0 > /dev/hda8 swap swap defaults 0 0 > > This is what I get when I try to mount the floppy > mount: /dev/fd0: unknown device]# mount floppy > mount: /dev/fd0: unknown device > > Can anyone tell me what is going wrong? > > Thanks, > > Wayne > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! > http://auctions.yahoo.com chances are you just need to create a new floppy icon. Right click on the desktop somewhere that there isn't an icon and a screen will pop up, choose "create new >floppy device" and a new screen will pop up. Click on the "Device" tab. In the space to the right of device is a downarrow, click on it and scroll to the /dev/fd0 and highlight that with the pointer. Then click on the "General " tab and click on the floppy icon picture. This will give you a choice of icons for the desktop. Pick one of the "3 floppy" icons and then click on OK. You will have a new icon on the desktop. Right click the new icon, stick a floppy in the slot and click on "mount". If the screen doesn't pop up with the floppy files then left click on the new floppy icon and it should open. HTH -- Dennis M. registered linux user # 180842
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