I get an error msg cannot mount drive. How can I automount the floppy on bootup (with no disk inserted)? I've tried inserting a cmd in the fstab but can't get it to work.
Alden (k1ha@aol.com)

automount means automatically make accessible....make available to read right now

if no disk inserted....how do you expect to read anything?

2) can you post your /etc/fstab old file or the current one please.

floppies are normally vfat so an entry could be

/dev/fd0 /media/floppy auto users,rw 0 0

but that auto is relative to mount command and mount will try vfat b4 msdos

....from man mount
The auto type may be useful for user-mounted floppies. Creating a file /etc/filesystems can be useful to change the probe order (e.g., to try vfat before msdos or ext3 before ext2) or if you use a kernel module autoloader.
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I misspoke. What I am trying to accomplish is to be able to select the floppy (once a disk is inserted) and be able to read it. When a floppy is in the drive (now) and it is selected, the "unable to mount the selected volume" msg appears.

The current entry is: /dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0
Alden (k1ha@aol.com)

noauto get rid of that flag pls with root powers