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Old 09-19-2001, 02:56 PM   #1
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Unhappy can't mount floppy on dell cpi 366

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Hello

I have install mandrake 8.1 beta 3 on my dell cpi 366 laptop I have one problem!! I cant mount my floppy drive. /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy >>>> unknown device..

Can any body help me????

Tanks

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Old 09-19-2001, 03:35 PM   #2
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I pressume that you have a floppy disk in when trying to mount?

Also ,make sure that you use that right filesystem.
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Old 09-19-2001, 03:48 PM   #3
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I pressume that you have a floppy disk in when trying to mount?

Also ,make sure that you use that right filesystem.

I have locate the fault I have a IO conflict with the pnp bios and the floppy drive
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