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11-13-2016, 01:21 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Aug 2015
Distribution: Mint
Posts: 11
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how to enable my 3.5" floppy drive in my Linux Mint pc
I am greener than a newbie. May someone give me a line by line procedure to make this internal drive function, please? The drive is installed and is properly powered and cable connected to the mother board. Or point me to a tutorial where I can learn the procedure.
Thanks,
Ted.
Last edited by Ted KB5OF; 11-13-2016 at 02:00 AM.
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11-13-2016, 01:47 AM
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LQ Veteran
Registered: Mar 2008
Location: Waaaaay out West Texas
Distribution: antiX 23, MX 23
Posts: 7,296
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Should find something here. I don't use floppy or Mint.
Link
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11-13-2016, 02:01 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Aug 2015
Distribution: Mint
Posts: 11
Original Poster
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[QUOTE=rokytnji;5630019]Should find something here. I don't use floppy or Mint.
Thanks.
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11-13-2016, 02:10 AM
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LQ Veteran
Registered: Aug 2003
Location: Australia
Distribution: Lots ...
Posts: 21,392
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Should be as simple as "modprobe floppy" which will give you a device to use - /dev/fd0.
Depending on what you plan to do you may require package(s) to give you the tools you need - maybe mtools, maybe dosfstools (I also don't use Mint much).
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11-13-2016, 03:29 AM
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LQ Veteran
Registered: Feb 2015
Location: USA
Distribution: Lubuntu 14.04, 22.04, Windows 8.1 and 10
Posts: 6,282
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ted KB5OF
May someone give me a line by line procedure to make this internal drive function, please?
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Hi Ted, welcome to the forum
First, what is the version of Linux Mint you're using and what is the brand and model (and model number) of your computer? Are you sure your drive is enabled in your computer's BIOS? If so, I'm not sure if it will work (because the tutorial is around six years old) but I did find this thread. Although written for an older version of Ubuntu, there is some additional information here, which may be helpful. You will need to use the terminal (or CLI) to perform the suggestions offered. Please see here for directions on how to bring up a terminal.
If you need additional help, please let us know. Please post relevant information such as error messages, logs and detailed information on what you did.
If you feel these suggestions are too difficult (having been new to Linux myself at one time,) perhaps the folks at a local Linux user's group (LUG) might be willing to lend a hand or you can take your computer to a local computer repair shop or technician who is knowledgeable with Linux.
Regards...
Last edited by ardvark71; 11-13-2016 at 03:33 AM.
Reason: Changed wording.
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11-13-2016, 06:35 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Aug 2015
Distribution: Mint
Posts: 11
Original Poster
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How to enable a 3.5" floppy drive....
[QUOTE=ardvark71;5630042]Hi Ted, welcome to the forum
Thanks ardvark. I will work on this and report back what I have found.
Ted.
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11-13-2016, 06:37 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Aug 2015
Distribution: Mint
Posts: 11
Original Poster
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Cool how to enable my 3.5" floppy drive in my Linux Mint pc
[QUOTE=syg00;5630023] Thanks syg00. Ted.
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11-13-2016, 06:37 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Aug 2015
Distribution: Mint
Posts: 11
Original Poster
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Cool how to enable my 3.5" floppy drive in my Linux Mint pc
[QUOTE=rokytnji;5630019]Should find something here. I don't use floppy or Mint.
Thanks rokytnji. Ted.
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11-14-2016, 12:03 AM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Jan 2005
Location: USA and Italy
Distribution: Debian testing/sid; OpenSuSE; Fedora; Mint
Posts: 5,524
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The floppy cable must be connected with the reddish looking wire to pin 1 on the drive. If it's connected properly, the green LED will light on boot.
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11-14-2016, 02:32 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Aug 2015
Distribution: Mint
Posts: 11
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Cool how to enable my 3.5" floppy drive in my Linux Mint pc
Quote:
Originally Posted by AwesomeMachine
The floppy cable must be connected with the reddish looking wire to pin 1 on the drive. If it's connected properly, the green LED will light on boot.
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Got that part right, thanks! I sure do appreciate everyone's responses.
Ted.
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11-14-2016, 02:50 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Nov 2003
Location: Canada
Distribution: distro hopper
Posts: 11,352
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Your floppy drive should be here:
If it's not there, enter the following and check again:
If you're not using a desktop environment that automounts the floppy drive disk's filesystem, then you might have to do it manually. With a disk in the drive:
Code:
mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
That should give you the contents of the floppy disk at /mnt/floppy.
After you're done, you'd have to unmount the drive floppy disk's filesystem before physically removing the disk from the drive:
Last edited by dugan; 11-15-2016 at 12:56 AM.
Reason: Description of mounting is clarified a bit
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11-14-2016, 09:03 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Aug 2015
Distribution: Mint
Posts: 11
Original Poster
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how to enable my 3.5" floppy drive in my Linux Mint pc
Quote:
Originally Posted by dugan
Your floppy drive should be here:
If it's not there, enter the following and check again:
If you're not using a desktop environment that automounts the floppy drive, then you might have to do it manually. With a disk in the drive:
Code:
mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
That should give you the contents of the floppy disk at /mnt/floppy.
After you're done, you'd have to unmount the drive before physically removing the disk:
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I'll try these steps again and report back. I'm wondering why the drive has to be unmounted after use. Seems to me once mounted, leave it for next time. Just asking. Remember, I said I'm greener than a newbie!
Thanks,
Ted.
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11-14-2016, 09:11 PM
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LQ Veteran
Registered: Mar 2008
Location: Waaaaay out West Texas
Distribution: antiX 23, MX 23
Posts: 7,296
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Improper unmounting can cause things to break software wise. Like a power failure or improper shutdown.
Hence good practise to unmount before shutting down the desktop.
It is not going to save the mount after a power down anyways.
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11-14-2016, 09:12 PM
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Moderator
Registered: Mar 2008
Posts: 22,361
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Thoughts.
Never hurts to look at bios settings.
Watch light sequences on power on.
Some distro's may have removed some support.
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11-14-2016, 09:15 PM
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LQ Veteran
Registered: Mar 2008
Location: Waaaaay out West Texas
Distribution: antiX 23, MX 23
Posts: 7,296
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Quote:
Some distro's may have removed some support.
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Which is one reason I keep a Puppy 4.31 and a Puppy 4.12 cd on the shelf.
Puppy throws a floppy icon on JWM on a live session run. Just click and go for floppy.
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2 members found this post helpful.
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