mounting floppy drive

Dogman2 · 03-27-2005, 01:45 PM

I have now managed to install Mandrake 10.1 which seems to running ok
As I am a newbie how do I gain access to the floppy ?
I have an icon on the deck top but when I click on it to mount it all I have in the drop down box is Open, Append to Kaffine play list and Properties.
In the properties There is only a general tab and device mntfd0floppy next to the floppy icon.
Any offers thanks.

simeandrews · 03-27-2005, 02:07 PM

If it is on the desktop, then it's already mounted. Just double click it, or click "open" in that menu.

Dogman2 · 03-27-2005, 02:51 PM

Ok will try that many thanks

overlord73 · 03-27-2005, 03:14 PM

hi,
normally:
on desktop
- via doubleclick
- via rightclick and ´mount ...´
on console
- via mount command (see ´man mount´ for help):
´mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy´ or similar (depends on your system)

Dogman2 · 03-28-2005, 10:45 AM

Something still aint right. Although there is an icon on the desktop I cannot do anything with it. I have some documents on a floppy which I an trying to open in Open Office. I cannot gain access to the floppy drive from Open office and when I try to format a blank floppy I get a message saying that dev/fdoh1140 is not installed on this machine. ?

overlord73 · 03-28-2005, 01:29 PM

as root?
do

Code:

dmesg|grep fd

something like:
Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
should appear. then try to mount this device at the console, as described above.....

Dogman2 · 03-28-2005, 01:36 PM

Thanks I 'll try and get back to you if I still have problems.