[hllug] Re: Hit me again please.
- From: Lee Parmeter <geek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: hllug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 14:38:44 -0500
Don:
> Lee, once before you suggested some things I could check but I was fighting
> with a modem and unable to shift my focus. You have my undivided attention
> on this problem now. If you'll repeat your suggestions I'll follow them in
> detail.
Look at "/etc/fstab" first to see the /dev assignment and the mount point.
cat "/etc/fstab" shows:
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0
Then mount the floppy as you are now and then check what file system is
automatically being assigned.
From a terminal type:
df -T
You should see something like:
=============================
...
/dev/fd0 vfat 1424 281 1143 20% /media/floppy0
-- or
/dev/fd0 msdos 1424 281 1143 20% /media/floppy0
If you do not see any entry for the floppy, then it is not mounted!
On Ubuntu, I was was getting "vfat" (long file names) when I should have
been getting "msdos" (8.3 filenames). So, as a hack, I edited "/etc/fstab"
and changed "auto" to "msdos". There is a more elegant solution than this,
but it works.
You could try manually mounting the floppy first to test whether this may
solve your problem. Substitute your /dev and mount directories. For example:
<from a terminal as root!>
mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /media/floppy0
-- or
mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /media/floppy0
Then copy your files to the floppy.
and to umount:
umount /media/floppy0
Then test the disk for readable contents.
If you decide to edit "/etc/fstab", make a copy first (cp fstab fstab.orig)
and then edit.
- Lee
______________________________________________________________________________
Highland Lakes Linux User Group (HLLUG): http://www.hllug.org
HLLUG mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/hllug
Other related posts:
