Can't mount floppy disk(using alot of methods)

[men]

Hi,
I have search the forums but still got this problem.
I have got an error msg - "mount: /dev/fd0: unknown device" whenever i tried to mount it.
Anybody got an idea wat went wrong.

THanx in advance

[threadhead]

you maybe didnt install the floppy at the device /dev/fd0 but somewhere
else. ;)

[men]

U mean that I should mount it automatically thru fstab first???
Is it possible to manually mount aa floppy drive??

[mdwatts]

What mount command are you using that gives you the error message?


Is it possible to manually mount aa floppy drive??


mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/<mountpoint>

mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /mnt/<mountpoint>

mount -t auto /dev/fd0 /mnt/<mountpoint>

[men]

i think i know where my problem lies already.
My linux is installed on a laptop and the floppy drive is usb connected to the laptop.
Anyway, anybody know how to get around this problem??

[rid3r]

see what your /dev/floppy symbolic link points to:
$ ls -l /dev | grep floppy
usb floppy is not /dev/fd0 you should try to link /dev/floppy to the right device (look for usb howto e.t.c)