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From: "J. Roeleveld" <joost@××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Mounting floppy disks
Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2012 09:23:31
Message-Id: 2274457.3aHK5FsGRE@eve
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Mounting floppy disks by Paul Hartman
1 On Tuesday, December 11, 2012 11:59:52 PM Paul Hartman wrote:
2 > For some reason, when I mount floppy disk (standard HD 3.5" VFAT disk)
3 > it does nothing. No error, just nothing... I have not tried this in
4 > well over a year, but it used to work.
5 >
6 > The /dev/fd0 device works normally, I can access it with mtools and
7 > use dd and even access disks in virtual machines running mswindows.
8 >
9 > Furthermore, if I make an image of the disk using dd and then loop
10 > mount that image, it works! But when I try to mount my normal
11 > /mnt/floppy fstab entry that I've had for years, or manually "mount -t
12 > vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy" there is disk activity, but it never shows
13 > up in /proc/mounts and is not mounted for me afterward. If I add "-v"
14 > to mount, it tells me that it mounted, but it didn't actually...
15 > either that or it has unmounted itself instantly before I can see it.
16 >
17 > Can anyone else mount floppies? Is there some floppy magic I have
18 > forgotten over the years? Thanks for any tips!
19
20 Paul,
21
22 I can't remember the last time I actually mounted a floppy disk. I found "
23 mtools " to be very usefull for dealing with floppy-disks:
24
25 [I] sys-fs/mtools
26 Available versions: 4.0.13 4.0.15 ~4.0.16 ~4.0.17 {{X}}
27 Installed versions: 4.0.15(10:46:41 AM 08/02/2012)(-X)
28 Homepage: http://mtools.linux.lu/
29 Description: utilities to access MS-DOS disks from Unix without
30 mounting them
31
32 Not sure why it's installed on my desktop as it doesn't actually have a
33 floppydrive ;)
34
35 --
36 Joost