[ale] Problem mounting floppy drive with RedHat 5.2

[randy.dunlap at intel.com (Dunlap, Randy)]

Sounds like it doesn't like your media.
However, with me, this kind of problem usually indicates
an unexpected filesystem (altho it usually says this).

What's you /etc/fstab file say for /mnt/floppy's filesystem?
What filesystem is the floppy media formatted with?
Are they the same?

You can post your /etc/fstab file.  That may help.

~Randy


> -----Original Message-----
> From: raptor at mindspring.com [mailto:raptor at mindspring.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 1999 4:50 PM
> To: ale at ale.org
> Subject: [ale] Problem mounting floppy drive with RedHat 5.2
> 
> 
> Hello, everyone.  I just installed RedHat Linux 5.2 and am having some
> trouble mounting the floppy drive.
> 
> When I type:
> 	mount /mnt/floppy
> 
> I get the following error:
> 	end request:  I/O error, dev 02:00, sector 0
> 	mount: /dev/fd0 is not a valid block device
> 
> I've looked in the user manual, but cannot find any trouble-shooting
> tips for error mounting floppy drives.
> 
> Any help or insight would be appreciated.
> 
> Rick
>