Ubuntu 9.10 - Floppy drive
I have recently tried the latest Ubuntu 9.10 on a spare computer but cannot get the floppy drive to work. Clicking on the Floppy (in Places) it does not appear possible to mount it. The only message appearing is "re-scan floppy".
I do not understand what scan or re-scan floppy means. An earlier version of Ubuntu also had trouble with the floppy drive but I found a solution to that on the Ubuntu forum. That solution, of course, doesn't work with 9.10. The matter is not urgent but if a solution is available I will upgrade otherwise I must stay with my earlier edition of Ubuntu as I have a lot of data kept on floppies. My apologies if this, my first post, is somewhat mundane. Tridentowner. |
Hello,
what is the output of Code:
sudo mount /dev/fd0 /floppy |
The tool recommended in another thread : pysdm
( sudo apt-get install pysdm ) doesn't seem to work. This does : mount /media/floppy0 It even puts a floppy icon on the Desktop. .. .. .. :) .. ( Ubuntu 9.10 ). ..... |
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How to mount and format floppy disks in Ubuntu 9.10 cheers... |
Ubuntu 9.10 - Floppy drive
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'floppy does not exist'. I'm still flummoxed about the Scan and re-scan floppy. My apologies for the delay in replying. Tridenowner. |
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May be read post # 3 again .. mount /media/floppy0 |
Ubuntu 9.10 - Floppy drive
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However, it still seems a bit cock-eyed having to use the command line to get the floppy drive up and running each time when the floppy is at 'Places' on the desktop. The Scan and Re-scan still remains a mystery. I'm not sure whether what I'm seeking is possible with this particular distribution (Ubuntu 9.10 and also LinuxMint 8)? Tridentowner. |
I think there are some contradictions :
Ubuntu decided, that nobody uses floppy any more. AFAIK. But it still shows up in Gnome. In Ubuntu 9.10 ( and in the may be similar 'Mint ) it's not an impossible thing. Much worse in Ubuntu 8.10 , 9.04 where you had no floppy module loaded and no /dev/floppy. So you had to do 1) MAKEDEV floppy and 2) modprobe floppy, before you even had a chance to mount it. So in that way the latest version has become easier. ..... |
Ubuntu 9.10 - Floppy drive
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Tridentowner. |
Folppies still not working..
Hello there,
Though post # 3 worked quite satisfactorily for sometime now I am getting strange outputs like mount: I could not determine the filesystem type, and none was specified Forgive me for my ignorance as I am new user and would like to learn it to make full use of it. Thanks in advance for help |
@ sksinha , welcome to LQ. .. .. :)
May be try something like : mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...-device-12760/ Google .. mount /dev/fd0 /floppy vfat .. .. Example http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-3494.html .. |
@knudfl,
thanx for the quick reply.. the problem was resolved by restarting the system... thanx for such a live support forum!!! |
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