try mounting fd0 without specifying filesystem type. IIRC, the filesystem will be autodetected.
If it is a win95/98 floppy you *may* need to specify filesystem vfat rather than msdos. I'm not sure on this one. Ivan. At 04:53 AM 2/14/99 GMT, Malcolm Miles wrote: >On Sat, 13 Feb 1999 20:17:08 PST, you wrote: > >>When I tried to mount my floppy drive using: >>mount -t msdod /dev/fd0 /a >>I got these messages: >>end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00, sector 0 >>mount: /dev/fd0 is not a valid block device > >Similar thing here: > >end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00, sector 0 >mount: block device /dev/fd0 is write-protected, mounting read-only >end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00, sector 0 >end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00, sector 0 >end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00, sector 0 >FAT bread failed >mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on dev/fd0, or too many mounted file syste,s >end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00, sector 0 > >Any ideas? > >mgm > > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
