Thanks for the quick reply, Patrick.  Its not a DOS floppy...and I still get 
the second error msg.  Any thoughts?

Thanks,
April

>From: Patrick Goetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: Patrick Goetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: April Escamilla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: Problem mounting floppy
>Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 15:13:20 -0500 (CDT)
>
>On Mon, 24 May 1999, April Escamilla wrote:
>
> > ok all its been a bad day!  I'm having a problem mounting my floppy now,
> > /dev/fd0.  This is the error msg I'm getting:
> >
> > mount: block device /dev/fd0 is write protected, mounting read-only
> > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/fd0 or too many
> > mounted file systems
> >
>
>Typically the first message means the floppy is write protected; i.e. the
>sliding tab is in the open position.
>
>The second message means your are trying to mount a floppy disk which is
>not ext2 formatted (maybe its a DOS-formatted floppy).
>
>
>
>
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