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On Tuesday, December 11, 2012 11:59:52 PM Paul Hartman wrote: |
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> For some reason, when I mount floppy disk (standard HD 3.5" VFAT disk) |
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> it does nothing. No error, just nothing... I have not tried this in |
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> well over a year, but it used to work. |
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> The /dev/fd0 device works normally, I can access it with mtools and |
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> use dd and even access disks in virtual machines running mswindows. |
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> Furthermore, if I make an image of the disk using dd and then loop |
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> mount that image, it works! But when I try to mount my normal |
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> /mnt/floppy fstab entry that I've had for years, or manually "mount -t |
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> vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy" there is disk activity, but it never shows |
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> up in /proc/mounts and is not mounted for me afterward. If I add "-v" |
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> to mount, it tells me that it mounted, but it didn't actually... |
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> either that or it has unmounted itself instantly before I can see it. |
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> Can anyone else mount floppies? Is there some floppy magic I have |
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> forgotten over the years? Thanks for any tips! |
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Paul, |
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I can't remember the last time I actually mounted a floppy disk. I found " |
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mtools " to be very usefull for dealing with floppy-disks: |
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[I] sys-fs/mtools |
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Available versions: 4.0.13 4.0.15 ~4.0.16 ~4.0.17 {{X}} |
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Installed versions: 4.0.15(10:46:41 AM 08/02/2012)(-X) |
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Homepage: http://mtools.linux.lu/ |
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Description: utilities to access MS-DOS disks from Unix without |
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mounting them |
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Not sure why it's installed on my desktop as it doesn't actually have a |
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floppydrive ;) |
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Joost |