No Floppy with IBM R30 Laptop

**downdogWoof** · 10-09-2004, 07:23 PM

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** · 10-09-2004, 09:43 PM

Originally Posted by 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

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** · 10-10-2004, 06:22 AM

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

downdogWoof...

**rrfish72** · 10-10-2004, 09:37 AM

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**downdogWoof** · 10-11-2004, 11:17 AM

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** · 10-11-2004, 12:17 PM

Check these files:

1) /etc/auto.master:

Code:

# 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

Code:

# $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

Code:

# 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

Code:

/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