This is a new install - dual boot with 98SE so know the FDD is good but having trouble mounting it - there is a disk in the drive.

I had a similar problem mounting the CDROM but that solution is not working here.

Thanks for any help.

well what are you trying to do? how are you attempting to do it?? info is useful...

at a terminal type
mount /mnt/floppy

and that should do it.

Thanks for your reply. Meanwhile, I posted the same ? on another board and got this reply, which worked:

"Open a terminal in Linux, type su and after you hit the enter, type in the root password. cd / to get to the root window, type in mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy and hit enter. if you get no error messages, you will be able to cd /mnt/floppy to view the file. If that works, type cp pengaol* /home/(your directory) and you will have a copy of it in your home directory. cd /home/(your directory) and check for it there by typing ls and hitting enter. If it is there, type rpm -i pen* and see if it know how to use wildcards. If it does, it's installed."

Although my basic ? was how to mount the FDD my goal was to move an RPM from A: to Mandrake and install Pengaol to enable an AOL connection. Well, it is installed but connection not quite configured correctly yet. If it works, I will record every step, including the d/l site, and start a new thread about AOL + Linux. Don't hold your breath. AOL sez it can't be done. LOL