Steve Kowalik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> On Fri, 21 Jul 2000, Shera wrote:
> > fstab
> > /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy ext2 noauto, owner 0 0
> >
> > Tried your suggestion and got:
> > mount: /dev/fd0 is not a valid block device
> > My command to mount the floppy is: mount floppy (as per the APC Mag
> > instructions)
>
> The only problems i can see, is:
> 1. If you're trying to mount a DOS floppy the "ext2" in /etc/fstab will
> need to be vfat or msdos
can you put "auto" instead of ext2 and it works it out? not sure.
I also add "user" to the options to allow non-root users to mount
floppies
> 2. mount floppy won't work, you need to specify a directory to mount, so
> "mount /mnt/floppy' will do it
which I find annoying (and more typing) so I create /cdrom and
/floppy (or /cd and /fd) and edit the fstab appropriately.
Dave.
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