HOWTO fix floppy disk mounting issues

[handy]

Could you try an Ubuntu Dapper livecd and see if you can use your floppy there?

I just went looking to download Dapper LiveCD?

Where do you get it?

[tseliot]

I just went looking to download Dapper LiveCD?

Where do you get it?

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/

[bfonseca]

Hi, I followed the instructions and boom it worked but then I restarted and now I can not mount it anymore. It is still within the fstab but when I try to mount I get nothing. It seems like it had worked but it is not mounted. Any suggestions?

Brian

[tseliot]

Hi, I followed the instructions and boom it worked but then I restarted and now I can not mount it anymore. It is still within the fstab but when I try to mount I get nothing. It seems like it had worked but it is not mounted. Any suggestions?

Brian

Try to double click on the floppy icon once and then double click it again

[bfonseca]

thanks for the reply, I have tried the steps again and the floppy will still not mount. What is wierd is that it mounted the first time I tried it and an icon even appeared on my desktop. It seemed to have worked. Then when I restarted the icon went away and it was no longer mounted. here is my fstab:

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
proc            /proc           proc    defaults        0       0
/dev/hda1       /               ext3    defaults,errors=remount-ro 0       1
/dev/hda6       /boot           reiserfs notail          0       2
/dev/hda5       none            swap    sw              0       0
/dev/hdb        /media/cdrom0   udf,iso9660 user,noauto     0       0
/dev/fd0        /media/floppy0  auto    rw,user,noauto  0       0 

Its wierd because there use to be a fd0 with in my /dev dir but not anymore, now I only have fd:
/dev

root@goofy:/dev# ls -dl fd*
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root 13 2006-02-25 12:41 fd -> /proc/self/fd
root@goofy:/dev# 

This is all that is in the /dev I'm not sure what happened or what I can do to fix this issue. Any other suggestions you may have would be greatly appreciated.

Brian

[bfonseca]

oh one other thing inside of my disk manager it does recognize it.:

Storage Properties Partitions

Properties

Unknown
/dev/fd0

General Information

Type: Hard Disk
Device: /dev/fd0
Speed: Not Available

I for some reason couldn't put a picture in but that is what is inside the disk manager.
Brian

[tseliot]

thanks for the reply, I have tried the steps again and the floppy will still not mount. What is wierd is that it mounted the first time I tried it and an icon even appeared on my desktop. It seemed to have worked. Then when I restarted the icon went away and it was no longer mounted. here is my fstab:

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
proc            /proc           proc    defaults        0       0
/dev/hda1       /               ext3    defaults,errors=remount-ro 0       1
/dev/hda6       /boot           reiserfs notail          0       2
/dev/hda5       none            swap    sw              0       0
/dev/hdb        /media/cdrom0   udf,iso9660 user,noauto     0       0
/dev/fd0        /media/floppy0  auto    rw,user,noauto  0       0 

Its wierd because there use to be a fd0 with in my /dev dir but not anymore, now I only have fd:
/dev

root@goofy:/dev# ls -dl fd*
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root 13 2006-02-25 12:41 fd -> /proc/self/fd
root@goofy:/dev# 

This is all that is in the /dev I'm not sure what happened or what I can do to fix this issue. Any other suggestions you may have would be greatly appreciated.

Brian

Modify the line about your floppy disk in your fstab:
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 vfat rw,user,noauto 0 0

[dcstar]

And of course, we all know that to be able to use pmount:

All pmount users need to be in the plugdev group.

[bfonseca]

Thanks for all your help. It still is not working. I have tried exactly what you said about adding this line above my other floppy /dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 vfat rw,user,noauto 0 0 here is what it looks like now:

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
proc            /proc           proc    defaults        0       0
/dev/hda1       /               ext3    defaults,errors=remount-ro 0       1
/dev/hda6       /boot           reiserfs notail          0       2
/dev/sda1       /media/sda1     ntfs    defaults        0       0
/dev/hda5       none            swap    sw              0       0
/dev/hdd        /media/cdrom0   udf,iso9660 user,noauto     0       0
/dev/hdc        /media/cdrom1   udf,iso9660 user,noauto     0       0
/dev/fd0     /media/floppy0  vfat  rw,user,noauto 0 0
/dev/fd0        /mnt/floppy     rw,user,noauto  0       0 

I have tried other approaches as well and have got nowhere. I have tried:

root@goofys-computer:/home/bfonseca# mount /mnt/floppy
mount: special device /dev/fd0 does not exist
root@goofys-computer:/home/bfonseca# mount /media/floppy0
mount: special device /dev/fd0 does not exist
root@goofys-computer:/home/bfonseca# modprobe floppy
root@goofys-computer:/home/bfonseca# mount /media/floppy0
mount: /dev/fd0: can't read superblock
root@goofys-computer:/home/bfonseca# mount /mnt/floppy
mount: /dev/fd0: can't read superblock
root@goofys-computer:/home/bfonseca# fdmount
fdmount (/dev/fd0): Can't access /fd0: No such file or directory 

Thanks again for your help. Any other ideas?

Brian

[bfonseca]

ok I have made some progress. Now when i reboot the fd0 is there but I can not mount it to the desktop or anywhere else. I keep getting:

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

How do I get passed this?

here is what my fd0 looks like:

brwxrwxrwx 1 root floppy 2, 0 2006-02-26 13:41 fd0

here is my mtab:

/dev/hda1 / ext3 rw,errors=remount-ro 0 0
proc /proc proc rw 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs rw 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,gid=5,mode=620 0 0
tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs rw 0 0
usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs rw 0 0
tmpfs /lib/modules/2.6.12-10-386/volatile tmpfs rw,mode=0755 0 0
/dev/hda6 /boot reiserfs rw,notail 0 0
/dev/sda1 /media/sda1 ntfs rw 0 0
tmpfs /dev tmpfs rw,size=10M,mode=0755 0 0
vfat/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 unknown rw 0 0
/dev/fd0/media/floppy  vfat rw,user,noauto 0 0 

here is my fstab:

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
proc            /proc           proc    defaults        0       0
/dev/hda1       /               ext3    defaults,errors=remount-ro 0       1
/dev/hda6       /boot           reiserfs notail          0       2
/dev/sda1       /media/sda1     ntfs    defaults        0       0
/dev/hda5       none            swap    sw              0       0
/dev/hdd        /media/cdrom0   udf,iso9660 user,noauto     0       0
/dev/hdc        /media/cdrom1   udf,iso9660 user,noauto     0       0
/dev/fd0     /media/floppy0  vfat  rw,user,noauto 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,owner,noauto 0 0 

here is my lsmod:

Module                  Size  Used by
vfat                   12288  0
fat                    46492  1 vfat
radeon                 68352  0
drm                    58004  1 radeon
agpgart                32328  1 drm
ipv6                  217408  10
ipt_limit               2432  8
iptable_mangle          2816  0
ipt_LOG                 6400  8
ipt_MASQUERADE          3328  0
iptable_nat            21076  1 ipt_MASQUERADE
ipt_TOS                 2432  0
ipt_REJECT              5248  1
ip_conntrack_irc       71824  0
ip_conntrack_ftp       72336  0
ipt_state               2048  6
ip_conntrack           39864  5 ipt_MASQUERADE,iptable_nat,ip_conntrack_irc,ip_conntrack_ftp,ipt_state
iptable_filter          2944  1
ip_tables              18176  9 ipt_limit,iptable_mangle,ipt_LOG,ipt_MASQUERADE,iptable_nat,ipt_TOS,ipt_REJECT,ipt_state,iptable_filter
video                  16004  0
tc1100_wmi              6916  0
sony_acpi               5516  0
pcc_acpi               11392  0
hotkey                  9508  0
dev_acpi               11396  0
i2c_acpi_ec             5760  0
i2c_core               19728  1 i2c_acpi_ec
button                  6672  0
battery                 9604  0
container               4608  0
ac                      4996  0
af_packet              20232  2
nls_cp437               5888  1
ntfs                   92016  1
reiserfs              217200  1
floppy                 52692  0
piix                    9476  0
evdev                   9088  0
tsdev                   7616  0
snd_via82xx            25792  2
gameport               14472  1 snd_via82xx
snd_ac97_codec         72188  1 snd_via82xx
snd_pcm_oss            46368  0
snd_mixer_oss          16128  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                78344  3 snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_page_alloc         10120  2 snd_via82xx,snd_pcm
snd_mpu401_uart         6784  1 snd_via82xx
snd_seq_dummy           3844  0
snd_seq_oss            29440  0
snd_seq_midi            8608  0
snd_rawmidi            22816  2 snd_mpu401_uart,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event      6656  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq                44688  7 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer              21764  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device          8204  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
snd                    48644  16 snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
soundcore               9184  1 snd
psmouse                26116  0
mousedev               10912  1
parport_pc             31812  1
lp                     11460  0
parport                32072  2 parport_pc,lp
ext3                  115976  1
jbd                    48536  1 ext3
thermal                13192  0
processor              23100  1 thermal
fan                     4740  0
via_rhine              20356  0
mii                     5248  1 via_rhine
ehci_hcd               29448  0
uhci_hcd               28048  0
ohci_hcd               18564  0
usbcore               104316  4 ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd,ohci_hcd
sd_mod                 17424  2
ide_cd                 36996  0
cdrom                  33952  1 ide_cd
ide_disk               16128  4
ide_generic             1664  0
via82cxxx              12188  1
ide_core              125268  5 piix,ide_cd,ide_disk,ide_generic,via82cxxx
sata_via                8836  1
libata                 47876  1 sata_via
scsi_mod              124872  2 sd_mod,libata
unix                   24624  631
vesafb                  8088  0
capability              5000  0
commoncap               6784  1 capability
vga16fb                12232  1
vgastate                8320  1 vga16fb
softcursor              2432  2 vesafb,vga16fb
cfbimgblt               2944  2 vesafb,vga16fb
cfbfillrect             3840  2 vesafb,vga16fb
cfbcopyarea             4480  2 vesafb,vga16fb
fbcon                  34176  72
tileblit                2560  1 fbcon
font                    8448  1 fbcon
bitblit                 5248  1 fbcon 

The progress shows, it shows now on the lsmod that there is a floppy but it also shows a few others. So are they conflecting with each other?

Brian