Mounting Floppy Problems
 

im trying to mount my floppy drive:
i used the command: mount /mnt/floppy
and got no error
when i go to konqueror and try to open it it says access denied to /mnt/floppy

what should i do?

change tho options in /etc/fstab.. mine says:
but you might have to change user to users
nes

"the file could not be saved. Please check if you have write permission"

You have to be root to alter and save the file. You can view the files as a regular user, but only root can modify that file.

HTH
Regards....

im guessing im doing this wrong but
i went into a terminal and typed su and my password
and im in root
but i still cant do it

again, i think im doing this wrong

Are you using KDE? Go to SYSTEM-MORE PROGRAMS-FILE MANAGER(Super USer Mode) It will ask you then for your root password. Konqueror will open as root's file manager. You can then fo to /etc/fstab file and modify it using your prefered editor.

If for some reason you do not have that, you can always log in as root, just be careful.

HTH

Regards...

grrr.... first i tried changing it to user
and i got the error:/dev/fd0: Input/output error
then i tried changing it to users, but got the same error, should i restart my computer first?

AFAIK, you are supposed to reboot, or type: " /bin/mount -a" (no quotes) for the changes in /etc/fstab to take effect.

Regards...

i still got same error after the boot
so i tried that command
and still got an error

Hmmm ....... very strange. Ok, lets take it one step at a time.

I'll assume you already checked the obvious (floppy drive installed correctly, cable, ok, floppy disk inserted, etc.)


Now, have you tried mounting the floppy as root? (either by login in as root or by "su root" in the terminal) Does it work or does it give you the same error?

If it mounts when you are root, then what exactly does your /etc/fstab say? (cut-paste it here)

Mine, as an example (the /dev/fd0 portion)

/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,user,exec 0 0

and it has worked perfectly since the original install.

HTH and good luck
Regards...

ok... what happens when you do this?
insert a floppy
open a terminal
if that won't work then
and post the output... or maybe try fd1 instead
could you also post the output of