No Floppy with IBM R30 Laptop

[downdogWoof]

Hi All,

mount /dev/fd0 gives the following error,

mount point /mnt/auto/floppy does not exist. Help, please. Cheers.

downdogWoof...

[rrfish72]

Post what ls -la /dev/fd0 gives. What it should look like:

rrfish72@rrfish72:~$ ls -la /dev/fd0
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 0 Nov 14 2003 /dev/fd0

Probably delete the icon and create a new one. Right click -->Create new --> device -->floppy.

Hopefully that should do it.

[downdogWoof]

brw-rw-rw- 1 root root 2, 0 May 5 1998 /dev/fd0

[rrfish72]

Did you create a new icon? I think you have to add the user to the group for permission to use it. Can do that through Kuser. K --> system --> Kuser.

[downdogWoof]

Hi All,

hmmmm, asking me for a password..what password..? haven't set any yet...choosing ingnore gives a no access error...what gives here..? Cheers

downdogWoof...

[rrfish72]

Go to root terminal and do passwd. It will ask you to enter a neww one then confirn then your system root password is set.

[downdogWoof]

it asks for the current 1 for authentication...lol...Windows was never so tough..hehe

[rrfish72]

There is one terminal that will allow you to do it. Try other ones. root shell, console. Also, see the sticky on the top of this forum.

[downdogWoof]

Hi All,

ok, I set a new pass. Deleted the old icon. Remounted a new one. Set the permissions for the group, floppy and now, when clicking the icon, I get the following,

Could not mount device.
The reported error was:
mount: mount point /mnt/auto/floppy does now exist

[rrfish72]

Have to edit your fstab because it's showing the wrong mount point.
The mount point should be /floppy and the device should be /dev/fd0.
post your fstab

[downdogWoof]

Hi All,

ok, it's 3:25am here..gonna get some sleep, and tackle it in the morn..thanx for the help. cheers.

downdogWoof...

[firebyrd10]

Have to edit your fstab because it's showing the wrong mount point.
The mount point should be /floppy and the device should be /dev/fd0.
post your fstab
Knoppix will auto creat the fstab to point to /mnt/auto/floppy

Changes won't be saved. THe reason it is there is because knoppix auto mounts floppies and cds, some times you have to give it a minute or two to notice the floppy/cd but usually its instant.

[downdogWoof]

So, where does that leave me..? Cheers.

downdogWoof...

[rrfish72]

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[downdogWoof]

Hi All,

sorry, I don't get it, did I do something to make you do that..? I just didn't understand what to do. Cheers.

downdogWoof...

[shah]

Check these files:

1) /etc/auto.master:

# Sample auto.master file
# Format of this file:
# mountpoint map options
# For details of the format look at autofs(5).
# /var/autofs/misc /etc/auto.misc
# /var/autofs/net /etc/auto.net
#
# KNOPPIX automounts for floppy and cdrom(s), see knoppix-autoconfig
# /mnt/auto /etc/auto.mnt --timeout=2
/mnt/auto /etc/automount.sh --timeout=2



2) /etc/auto.misc

# $Id: auto.misc,v 1.2 1997/10/06 21:52:04 hpa Exp $
# This is an automounter map and it has the following format
# key [ -mount-options-separated-by-comma ] location
# Details may be found in the autofs(5) manpage

kernel -ro ftp.kernel.org:/pub/linux
boot -fstype=ext2 :/dev/hda1
removable -fstype=ext2,sync,nodev,nosuid :/dev/hdd
cd -fstype=iso9660,ro,sync,nodev,nosuid :/dev/hdc
floppy -fstype=auto,sync,nodev,nosuid :/dev/fd0


3) /etc/auto.mnt

# Knoppix automounter file for Directory /mnt
floppy -fstype=auto,sync,exec,umask=000 :/dev/fd0
cdrom -fstype=auto,exec,ro :/dev/cdrom
# The following entries (if any) are auto-generated by knoppix-autoconfig

4) /etc/fstab

/dev/fd0 /floppy vfat defaults,user,noauto,showexec,umask=022 0 0

5) /etc/rc5.d
See if symlink to autofs exist.
If doesn't exist, add by running this command: update-rc.d autofs defaults

You need to reboot after doing the editing.
Good luck
:D :D :D :D

[downdogWoof]

Hi All,

k, so my files should look the same, eys..? Cheers.

p.s. sorry for the repetitive Qs.