Re: Can't read floppy disk
Hi, Mike: Before I screw around with this SuSE 7.2 boot disk (which is currently my only means to boot the system) I will need to go into YaST2 and make another boot disk. (Does anyone else get the feeling that someone at SuSE has had problems with their Shift or CapsLock keys?) According to fdisk, there are several partitions with different file types, among which are both Unix and Linux. Thanks for the info. Also, thanks to others for their suggestions. Regards, Glenn On Monday 09 July 2001 05:06 pm, you wrote: On Tuesday 10 July 2001 05:41, Tom Wilson wrote: Glenn Williams wrote: Hi, Michael: No, the mount point is actually /media/floppy (see the fstab entry below in my original message). I could edit the fstab and change it to [snip] 'auto' will only work if the module for the detected file system is already loaded. eg vfat, ntfs, whatever. (Bare in mind this statement like all thingz Linux, changes within one week) Seems like you have a catch 22 where you don't know the fs to use in order to load the module grin. use fsck man options or fdisk to 'discover' what this floppy actually is. PS: I didn't understand your reference to read only. -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User # 135678 Powered by SuSE 7.2 ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Can't read floppy disk
Hi, Group: Many thanks to all who responded to the many e-mails on this subject. The problem is with that particular floppy disk. The SuSE install program offers to create a boot floppy and also to write the LILO information to the same disk. The disk was somehow corrupted and had no identifiable file system(s) on it. I made another boot floppy and the system mounted and read it without difficulty. Sheesh! Best regards, Glenn On Monday 09 July 2001 06:57 pm, you wrote: Ok so try this then: mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /media/floppy stayler On Mon, 9 Jul 2001 16:18:43 -0600, Glenn Williams wrote: mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /media/floppy and it produced the following error message: mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/fd0, or too many mounted file systems I tried it as su also, although that should not have been necessary. Thanks for the suggestion ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User # 135678 Powered by SuSE 7.2 ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Can't read floppy disk
Hi, Lonni: I tried your version of the mount command: mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /media/floppy and it produced the following error message: mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/fd0, or too many mounted file systems I tried it as su also, although that should not have been necessary. Thanks for the suggestion. Regards, Glenn On Monday 09 July 2001 01:28 pm, you wrote: My guess is that that floppy was formatted as ext2, which is why windoze can't read it. Does this work: mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /media/floppy [snip] -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User # 135678 Powered by SuSE 7.2 ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Can't read floppy disk
On Mon, 09 Jul 2001, Glenn Williams dropped these nuggets of information: Hi, Lonni: I tried your version of the mount command: mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /media/floppy and it produced the following error message: mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/fd0, or too many mounted file systems I tried it as su also, although that should not have been necessary. Ahhh. I just dealt with this one on one of my zip disks Saturday night. You'll probably end up having to make another boot floppy. First try running an e2fsck on /dev/fd0 and see if it fixes it. If it comes back with something about trying another superblock, you can try them if you know what they are. I just reformatted the disk and I was able to use it again. -- Tom Wilson This may look like a sig but it is just an amazing simulation. Registered Linux user #199331 ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Can't read floppy disk
On Tuesday 10 July 2001 05:41, Tom Wilson wrote: Glenn Williams wrote: Hi, Michael: No, the mount point is actually /media/floppy (see the fstab entry below in my original message). I could edit the fstab and change it to [snip] 'auto' will only work if the module for the detected file system is already loaded. eg vfat, ntfs, whatever. (Bare in mind this statement like all thingz Linux, changes within one week) Seems like you have a catch 22 where you don't know the fs to use in order to load the module grin. use fsck man options or fdisk to 'discover' what this floppy actually is. PS: I didn't understand your reference to read only. -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
