cannot mount floppy

[AugustQ]

Hello,

I'm new here in this forum, so this is my first question.

I've took a new hard-disk and installed Knoppix 3.8.1 on this disk.
My problem is: I cannot mount a floppy-disk (same with cdrom).
What I do:
in KDE I click on the icon
I can hear some movements of the head in the floppy-drive
I get a message by KDE:
- cannot execute command
- file:/mnt/floppy does not exist

By switching to a console I can see in /mnt:
lrwxrwxrwx floppy -> /mnt/auto/floppy

and /mnt/auto is empty but I cannot create the directory in there.

What am I doing wrong here?
A link to a FAQ is sufficient.

Thanks.
AugustQ

[Markus]

First check the line for floppy in /etc/fstab , should be like this:
/dev/fd0 /floppy vfat defaults,users,noauto,showexec,umask=022 0 0
Then do:
su
mkdir /floppy
adduser your_username_here floppy

The you can mount with: "mount /floppy", and set the device for the icon to /dev/fd0 to refresh it.

For cdrom try this: http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=17348

[AugustQ]

Hello Markus,

and thanks for your hints.
What I did:
I checked /etc/fstab
the line looked exactyl like the line you described

Checked /floppy
the directory exists already as
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root [date+time] floppy

tried adduser:
I got >>user-name<< is already a member of group floppy.

When I click on the icon of the KDE-desktop I still get the same error-message:
file:/mnt/floppy does not exist

I did not try it via the mount-command, will check this later.

And thank for the hint to the cdrom-problem. I will check this later.
AugustQ

[AugustQ]

Hello Markus,

I've checked a bit. This is waht I found:
/etc/fstab has a line:
/dev/fd0 /floppy vfat defaults,user,noauto,showexec,umask=022 0 0

You told me: users I can see user
Could this be the problem?


Oops, checked again: mount /floppy
wokrs. So it looks like a problem in KDE-script.

AugustQ

[Markus]

Change "user" to "users" in fstab and refresh the icon by reselecting the device or just make a new icon.

[gonzalezmfrank]

I have the same trouble.... when I typed mount /floppy as root.... the message that appear is

mount: /dev/fd0: can't read superblock

what can i do....

In adittion.... if i am runnig File manager as a Super User Mode, the are no problems....the proble is when I'm working like a simple usser

exists an solution persistent for all users ?

Thank a lot.... Frank

[AugustQ]

Hello Markus,

the problem is solved. Thanks for your help!!!

I created a new icon on the KDE-desktop (properties look different for this one) and htis cured the problem.

AugustQ

PS: sorry for the delay but I had some other work to do.

[Markus]

@gonzalezmfrank
What have you tried so far in addition to what was discussed in this thread?
Is the floppy formatted and can be read under windows?

@AugustQ
No problem about the delay, glad it works.