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The issue, +</I>>><i>apparently, affects both distros. Both of us are using the 32-bit Mageia 1. +</I>>><i>I can't speak for him, but here is my problem: +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> I don't do it often at all, but what I'd like to be able to do is have +</I>>><i> Dolphin detect when I put a floppy in the drive and add that to the Places +</I>>><i> panel, just as it now does when I put a CD or DVD in one of those drives. +</I>>><i> As it is now, when I put a floppy in the drive, nothing happens. +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> lsmod shows that the floppy module is present. My fstab shows this for the +</I>>><i> floppy: +</I>>><i> +</I>>>><i> /dev/fd0 /media/floppy auto +</I>>>><i> umask=0,users,iocharset=utf8,noauto,exec,flush 0 0 +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> I can't even seem to be able to mount it by hand. $ mount /media/floppy +</I>>><i> appears to work. At least, the drive spins and the busy LED comes on for a +</I>>><i> while, then goes off. But, nothing shows in /media/floppy, and if I give +</I>>><i> the mount command again without unmounting the drive, it still works. +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> But, $ mount /media/floppy; mount /media/floppy results in these error +</I>>><i> messages: +</I>>><i> +</I>>>><i> mount: /dev/fd0 already mounted or /media/floppy busy +</I>>>><i> mount: according to mtab, /dev/fd0 is already mounted on /media/floppy +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> But if I look at mtab, the floppy isn't there. And giving the mount +</I>>><i> command again, on a separate line, produces no errors. +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> It's as if the drive is mounted, then unmounted almost immediately. Or as +</I>>><i> if the driver didn't allow enough time for the disk to be read before +</I>>><i> deciding it couldn't be mounted. +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> BTW, Windows XP, on the same hardware and with the same floppy, has no +</I>>><i> problem with access. This is an old-style floppy drive, connected to the +</I>>><i> motherboard. It is not usb. +</I>>><i> +</I>Not smarter, but probably been around longer :-) So few people use +floppies these days and I suspect that udev doesn't pick up the +existence of the drive. What I'd try is to get a line into /etc/fstab +to mount the drive at boot. You will need to keep a floppy in the +drive, I think, so start by rebooting with a disk inserted, once you +have your fstab sorted - you should find some help from a google +search "linux floppy mount drive". + +Once you have it working, make a spare floppy that is unimportant, to +keep in the drive for bootup. + +Sheer guesswork, but I think that should fix it. You should be able +to mount and umount the drive in dolphin, to allow you to change +disks. +</PRE> + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="006391.html">[Mageia-discuss] [Poll] What are your top requirements? +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="006395.html">[Mageia-discuss] Can't access floppy drive +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#6392">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#6392">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#6392">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#6392">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">More information about the Mageia-discuss +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |