mount /dev/fd0 is not a valid block device

jolly_good2000 · 11-26-2002, 07:58 PM

I keep getting
mount /dev/fd0 is not a valid block device
when I try mount my floppy ... the floppy drive works
when I am running windows xp on the same box.
None of the other posts helped me.

cheers
Scott

rshaw · 11-26-2002, 08:57 PM

try mount /media/floppy

Hitokiri_X · 11-26-2002, 11:07 PM

Are you trying to mount a floppy after formatting it? If so,you need to create a filesystem on it,man mke2fs.Is your floppy set to auto in /etc/fstab?

jolly_good2000 · 11-27-2002, 12:51 PM

try mount /media/floppy DOES NOT WORK
I still get /dev/fd0 is not a valid block device

I looked in /etc/fstab and saw the following but don't know
what it means. I have not done any formatting. I can not even
cd /dev/fd0...
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy auto noauto,user,sync 0 0

cheers
scott

boy · 11-28-2002, 10:27 AM

try mount /media/floppy DOES NOT WORK
I still get /dev/fd0 is not a valid block device

I looked in /etc/fstab and saw the following but don't know
what it means. I have not done any formatting. I can not even
cd /dev/fd0...
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy auto noauto,user,sync 0 0

i am a newbie to linux too, i don't know what the error msg mean
but i do know what the entries in fstab mean

/dev/fd0 - the device, i used the same one for my floppy

/media/floppy - is the directory you are mounting to, make sure this directory exists

auto - is the 3rd entry which specifies the file system type, leave it as it is for floppy

noauto,user,sync - is some mount options, noauto says that this device is not mounted automatically when linux boots

the last 2 entries " 0 0 ", just leave it as it is

serveicecold · 06-18-2003, 10:08 AM

Dude, make sure the floppy is in the drive when you run the command
mount /mnt/floppy

also remember, when you have finished using the floppy to close any open files and cd to another directory and unmount the floppy with

umount /mnt/floppy

keep trying.....

Anthony_Pak · 06-19-2003, 03:31 AM

I have the same problem once I install my Redhat 8.0. I don't have floppy but only CD-ROM and CD-RW. My floppy doesn't exist.
And I also follow the advices from here. But failed. It said it cannot mount, or no media, even I insect my floppy.

I really need helps! Please.

serveicecold · 06-19-2003, 04:31 AM

Anthony, what is it that you are trying to do?

Anthony_Pak · 06-21-2003, 01:46 PM

To access my floppy drive!

masand · 06-21-2003, 02:37 PM

is the device ur accessing fdo only,i also had the problem with my hdd,i tried /dev/hda instead it was /dev/hdb ie it was primary slave

Anthony_Pak · 06-22-2003, 02:38 AM

Wasn't there should be /dev/hda1 or /dev/hda2 ?
The problem is, once I installed my Redhat linux 8.0, it don't have floppy installed. Then I have to figure out how to access the floppy. But I 'm a newbie. So I don't know how. I know how to access my Windows XP C: D: E: F: and G:. But I don't know how to get my floppy.

ksoma · 06-22-2003, 03:05 AM

I'm not sure exactly what command you typed in to try and mount your floppy...but this is how I mount mine:

1)Login as root
2) type in cd /mnt to go to your mnt directory
3) type in "ls"(w/o the quotes...this lists the directories and/or files under /mnt)
4)if you dont see a directory called "floppy".....make this directory by performing this command---> mkdir floppy
5)Now try this command --> mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy(this command specifies the device-name and then the mount point, in other words, it puts whatever is on your floppy in the directory /mnt/floppy
6) Look in the /mnt/floppy directory and see if whatever is on your floppy is in the directory...use the "ls" command to do this

I'm assuming that type of error message you got comes up when the floppy isn't in the drive....Another place to look regarding your floppy drive is going to the /etc/fstab file.....just do a "cd /etc"....then a "vi fstab"(w/o the quotes)....look in there and see if you see something like this....

/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,owner,kudzu 0 0

If you see that, your floppy has already been recognized and your problem is with the command that you are executing when trying to mount the floppy. Well, good luck with it...post if you have any more questions regarding what I said above..hopefully this helped out.

-Keerthan

semicontuxtor · 07-31-2003, 07:27 AM

Although, if you dual boot, and the drive works fine in windoze, you wouldn't have the same problem as I had minutes ago, I post my solution anyway.

It seems the "not a valid block device" error can result from having the drive plugged in backwards....whoops!

Although I am no computer guru, and new to Linux, I was not the fool this infernal machine was making me out to be.

So, if you find yourself, like me, wrestling with an uncooperative floppy in the wee hours of the morning....grab a screwdriver and make sure the colored side of the connecting ribbon is aligned to the same number on the mobo and the drive.

Yikes, I burned the midnight oil on this blunder, time for bed!