Floppy : I/O error

j-charles · 03-01-2002, 05:44 AM

I've searched the forum (nothing worked) and found some unsolved problems.
I'd like to see more examples of /etc/fstab configuration about floppy & supermount.
Could anyone send his "floppy" line ?
Mine is
-> /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy supermount user,exec,fs=vfat,dev=/dev/fd0 0 0
My cdrom was happy with :
-> /dev/hdd /mnt/cdrom supermount user,exec,fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom,ro 0 0

CragStar · 03-01-2002, 09:00 AM

Here's mine for Mandrake.

/mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom 0 0

/mnt/cdrom2 /mnt/cdrom2 supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom2 0 0

/mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/fd0 0 0

Curious as to why you want them?

j-charles · 03-02-2002, 05:39 AM

I just con't read anything on my floppy!
-> i/o error

j-charles · 03-17-2002, 03:52 PM

As I said before, I can't read anything from my floppy. I did try with those lines in /etc/fstab and here are the results :

1)
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy supermount user,exec,fs=vfat,dev=/dev/fd0 0 0
-> [input/output error]
2)
/dev/fd0 mnt/floppy vfat user,exec 0 0 (even if I add sync, iocharset=..., or codepage=... wich is the default configuration)
-> [unknown device : /dev/fd0]

hope the last line shed some light on the problem

CragStar · 03-17-2002, 04:41 PM

Usually mandrake does a good job of setting up the automount (from my experience). I'm not sure why you keep getting the I/O error.

You may want to try the floppy you are mounting (you do have a floppy in the drive?) on another machine which is already setup and works. Other than that you will have to look up mounting manually.

linuxcool · 03-17-2002, 06:21 PM

Check to see if the /dev/fd0 file exists. Do a ls /dev/fd* and see what you get.

j-charles · 03-22-2002, 04:16 AM

floppy i/o :

1) /dev/fd0 exists

2) my computer doesn't even look at the floppy ! (no led (light) turned on)
and I still get an i/o error.

panjas51 · 03-22-2002, 06:09 AM

hello jean-charles

Well I got the same,

What I did to slove it:

- In the fstab:

I just kept everything by default. (including the iso part.)

do you have the same thing with root?

Sixpax · 03-22-2002, 11:03 AM

Are you sure the floppy is even mounted?

Try "df -h" and see what you get.

Also, try "mdir a:" and see what happens.