For some reason, when I mount floppy disk (standard HD 3.5" VFAT disk) it does nothing. No error, just nothing... I have not tried this in well over a year, but it used to work.
The /dev/fd0 device works normally, I can access it with mtools and use dd and even access disks in virtual machines running mswindows. Furthermore, if I make an image of the disk using dd and then loop mount that image, it works! But when I try to mount my normal /mnt/floppy fstab entry that I've had for years, or manually "mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy" there is disk activity, but it never shows up in /proc/mounts and is not mounted for me afterward. If I add "-v" to mount, it tells me that it mounted, but it didn't actually... either that or it has unmounted itself instantly before I can see it. Can anyone else mount floppies? Is there some floppy magic I have forgotten over the years? Thanks for any tips!
