Floppies

[Arisen]

A friend has this problem:
using red hat 6.2 in gnome (not that it matters), when trying to mount the floppy: mount /dev.fd0 /mnt/floppt
it returns
mount wrong fstype bad option bad superblock on /dev/fd0

its a DOS disk we are trying to mount....

[Unruly]

Originally posted by Arisen:
A friend has this problem:
using red hat 6.2 in gnome (not that it matters), when trying to mount the floppy: mount /dev.fd0 /mnt/floppt
it returns
mount wrong fstype bad option bad superblock on /dev/fd0

its a DOS disk we are trying to mount....

either a. bad disk or b. you need to mount it through a terminal window (as root) by typing something like this:

mount /dev/fd0 -t vfat /floppy

or

mount /dev/fd0 -t msdos /floppy

otherwise, make sure it's a good disk.

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Nathan
Q: How many existentialists does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
A: Two. One to screw it in and one to observe how the lightbulb itself symbolizes a single incandescent beacon of subjective reality in a netherworld of endless absurdity reaching out toward a maudlin cosmos of nothingness.

[Arisen]

All mounting was done from a console.
I tried the msdos mount, would the vfat make any difference?