On Mon, 17 Mar 2003 10:35:10 +0800
"Toto Gamez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> both gave me the same result, any more ideas
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Stephen Kuhn
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 10:04 AM
> Subject: Re: Can't mount floppy drive
>
>
> On Mon, 2003-03-17 at 12:49, Toto Gamez wrote:
> > Hi,
> > i was trying to copy a file from a floppy drive but cant mount
> > my floppy.
> > I issue "mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy" but it gave an error
> > /dev/fd0: Input/Output error
> > mount: you must specify the file system type
> >
> > I issued "mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy"
> > it gave me an error
> > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad super block on /dev/fd0 or
> > too any
> > parameter
> > Im using RH7.2, the floppy was formatted in win2k(FAT)
> > Please help
> > Regards,
> > Toto
> What about issuing the command without any -t params - does it do
> the same thing? Or what about:
>
> mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy -t vfat
>
The 'mount' command doesn't natively recognize msdos or vfat
filesytems without some assistance. See 'man mount' for the details.
( Make sure that both vfat and msdos are listed in
/etc/filesystems.)
Also, I'm sure you've encountered floppies formatted on one
Windows / MSDOS system that couldn't be read on another Windows /
MSDOS machine. Some floppy drives are just a bit out of alignment with
others. You can get around this by formatting the floppy on the same
machine that you intend to use to make the copy. In Linux you can use
the 'mkdosfs' command, or a utility such as Kfloppy to make an msdos
floppy.
Best,
Tom
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