On Wed, 15 Jun 2005 01:54 pm, Voytek wrote: > <quote who="James Gray"> > > > On Wed, 15 Jun 2005 09:42 am, Voytek Eymont wrote: > >> how do I asses %subject% (from remote acces) > > > > Assuming floppy access in /etc/fstab has the "user" option: > > mount /dev/fd0 > > thanks, James, Terry, Matthew > > # cat /etc/fstab > ...snip... > /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,owner,kudzu > 0 0 > > # mount /dev/fd0 > mount: /dev/fd0 is not a valid block device > > so, the 'mount: /dev/fd0 is not a valid block device' tells me there is no > media in floppy drive, yes ?
Yes > could it also signify unformatted floppy ? Possibly - but you'd more likely get a message about invalid super-block, wrong filesystem or too many mounted filesystems, etc. > (I amd doing a kernel update, hence, rebooting the machine, hence, I'd > like to make sure it will boot from the hardrive, not, an inserted floppy, > should there be one) In that case try using "dd": dd if=/dev/fd0 of=floppy.img Then use a hex editor or "strings" to read floppy.img and see if you get anything useful. Of course, if the server boots from floppy before it boots the hard drive, and there's *anything* in the floppy drive (formatted/bootable or otherwise) then you're screwed. If you don't know, then wait until you can verify the floppy's status manually. James -- Dyslexia means never having to say that you're ysror. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
