Re: [seul-edu] New to Linux

[Kyle Burton <mortis@voicenet.com>]

Oh, and to unmount it:

umount /dev/fd0


k

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On Tue, 26 Oct 1999, Kyle Burton wrote:

> The device file is /dev/fd0  To mount it, as root, execute the following:
> 
> mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
> 
> that should mount it.  If not, the mount command should produce an error,
> if it does, please forward that error. 
> 
> Do you know what filesystem is on the floppy?  I.e. is it a DOS formatted
> floppy?
> 
> 
> k
> 
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> divorce. 
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> 
> On Tue, 26 Oct 1999, Curtis Nicholson wrote:
> 
> > To anyone who has time to help:
> > 
> > Just Installed RedHat 6.0 with GNOME.  I am using  a brand new 400 Intel
> > Celeron with a NEC 31/4 Floppy Disk
> > 
> > How do I know if Linux recognizes the floppy disk?  What do I look for and
> > how do I try it out?
> > 
> > I think there is a file in /dev  directory called FD0, is this a short cut
> > to the Floppy? When I click on it nothing seems to happen (even though I
> > have a Linux Boot disk in the Floppy so it will have something to read)
> > 
> > This device stays unmounted. When I've tried using Linuxconf to mount it I
> > get an error saying it doesn't recognize the block.  I'm assuming this isn't
> > normal (?) Do I even have to mount it to make it work? Is there a work
> > around?
> > 
> > How do I know for sure that Linux simply just doesn't recognize it?  There
> > is no mention of it on the RedHat site.
> > 
> > I would really appreciate step by step instructions to any solutions as I am
> > brand new to Linux.
> > 
> > Thanks for your help.
> > 
> > Curt Nicholson cnicholson@brunnet.net
> > 
> > 
> 
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