hello i am making a operating system
and so i am making a script to build the floppy image

but whenever i run this line:
mount -o loop -t vfat Notix_OS.flp tmp-loop

i get this error message:
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/loop0,
missing codepage or helper program, or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so

dose anyone know what the problem is here?

this is what the directory that its being run in looks like:
tom@trisquel7-gnu-linux:~/Documents/Programs/Projects/Notix OS$ ls -l
total 208
-rw-r--r-- 1 tom tom 512 Jan 3 01:40 boot.bin
-rw------- 1 tom tom 4292 Nov 17 13:43 boot.s
-rw------- 1 tom tom 140589 Nov 17 13:43 COPYING
drwx------ 2 tom tom 4096 Nov 17 13:43 GAS_asm_bootloader_attempt
-rw-r--r-- 1 tom tom 19425 Jan 3 00:25 kernel.bin
-rwx--x--x 1 tom tom 740 Jan 3 01:16 make.sh
-rwx--x--x 1 tom tom 757 Jan 3 01:16 make.sh~
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1474560 Jan 3 01:40 Notix_OS.flp

and heres the script:
make.sh
if test "`whoami`" != "root" ; then
echo "You must be root to run this script"
echo "Enter su -c \"sudo su\" or sudo su to become root"
exit
fi

if [ ! -e Notix_OS.flp ]
then
echo ">>> Creating new floppy image..."
mkdosfs -C Notix_OS.flp 1440 || exit
fi

echo "Building boot.s..."
nasm boot.s -o boot.bin || exit

echo "Copying bootloader to disk image..."
dd status=noxfer conv=notrunc if=boot.bin of=Notix_OS.flp || exit

echo "Copying Kernel to disk image..."
rm -rf tmp-loop

mkdir tmp-loop && chmod 777 tmp-loop
echo "mounting tmp-loop" &&
mount -o loop -t vfat Notix_OS.flp tmp-loop && cp kernel.bin tmp-loop/#this line has the problems

echo "clearing tmp files"
umount tmp-loop
rm -rf tmp-loop

echo "Done!"

qemu-system-i386 -fda Notix_OS.flp -m 1024k

Looks like an error in syntax. See this thread for an example which ought to work:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ith-dd-791142/

Try using -t fat when passing mount options.

Also after running script please check size of floppy image.

the floppy image is correct(1.47mb)

but i dont understand why it would be a syntax error
as this command from another program works perfectly:
mount -o loop -t vfat disk_images/mikeos.flp tmp-loop

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/...drive-in-linux

Some tech notes about floppy images here. I am guessing you never created the image correctly.

and you are aware that no current kernel even looks for a 3.5 in floppy and has NO support for the 5.25 in drives

to add further problems
NO ONE is even manufacturing 5.25 or 3.5 in floppy diskes

sony closed the very last manufacturing line for 3.5 in's two years ago


now
no current kernel even checks for a 3.5 in drive
you have to MANUALLY inform the kernel to look for it

then you can manually mount it