Thread: Can't mount floppy in 10.04

unable mount floppy
using ubuntu 10.04 lts lucid lynx , date.

have tried , still unable mount location, no media in drive , floppy disk good, tried moving button on disk in bottom right.

ok. step step, need do:
1. open terminal
2. type: "sudo nano /etc/fstab <enter>" (without quotation marks, replace <enter> "enter")
3. use arrow keys move bottom of file
4. type in following line:
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0
5.go ctrl-o (letter o, not zero), prompt:
"file name write: /etc/fstab". hit enter.
6. go ctrl-x . exit nano.
7. mount floppy, put floppy in floppy drive , run command:
"mount /media/floppy0" (without quotation marks). if fails,
"mount /dev/fd0 /media/floppy0" (again, no quotation marks).

tried disk utility , tried format, scheme: master boot record , got this
error formatting drive
error creating partition table: helper exited exit code 1: error calling fsync(2) on /dev/fd0: input/output error

, tried sudo mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
got,
mount: mount point /mnt/floppy not exist

tried id
got,
dave@dave-desktop:~$ id

uid=1000(dave) gid=1000(dave) groups=4(adm),20(dialout),24(cdrom),46(plugdev),10 5(lpadmin),119(admin),122(sambashare),1000(dave)






here content of file

dave@dave-desktop:~$ cat /etc/fstab

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.

#

# use 'blkid -o value -s uuid' print universally unique identifier

# device; may used uuid= more robust way name

# devices works if disks added , removed. see fstab(5).

#

# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>

proc /proc proc nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0

/dev/sda1 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1

# swap on /dev/sda5 during installation

uuid=46715bbf-7baa-4972-9f95-3319b9e28b05 none swap sw 0 0

/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0

posted tbird6820

unable mount floppy
using ubuntu 10.04 lts lucid lynx , date.

here content of file

dave@dave-desktop:~$ cat /etc/fstab

/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0

here"s mine:

code:

/dev/fd0  /media/floppy0  auto   rw,user,noauto,exec,utf8     0  0

i high-lighted differences...


nothing shows no floppy inserted.
when floppy inserted, icon pops on desktop.
been working since installed hardy july of 2008.

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