How to mount floppy?

[Daniel B. Thurman]

On 08/17/2011 09:41 AM, Daniel B. Thurman wrote:
> On 08/16/2011 11:50 PM, Paul Allen Newell wrote:
>> On 8/16/2011 7:52 PM, Daniel B. Thurman wrote:
>>>> mount -t msdos /dev/fd0u1440 /mnt/floppy
>>>>
>>>> See URL:
>>>> http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/fedora-35/fedora-13-mounting-floppy-813466/
>>>>
>>> Worked for me on F13.  Cannot speak for later versions.
>> I am off floppys at this point, but I'd be curious to see if anyone 
>> tries this on F14.
>>
>> Paul
> Ok, I loaded the LiveCD F14, opened a terminal,
> typed: modprobe floppy, opened Computer icon,
> the umounted floppy icon appears, inserted the w95
> floppy, double-clicked floppy icon, it mounted, displayed
> w95 contents.  So, it worked. Note: if floppy was inserted
> prior to modprobe, it does not automount - you have to
> double-click the unmounted floppy in order to see the
> contents.  Older versions of Fedora used to automount
> the floppy when it was inserted - this feature was removed
> in later fedora versions, or so it seems.
>
> I tried the same for LiveCD F15, did modprobe for which
> the unmounted floppy icon appeared, but I was not able
> to mount nor open floppy.  This mechanism appears to be
> broken.  Did not try the manual mount as posted in this
> thread.
>
> FWIW,
> Dan
Added info:  On reboot, one has to modprobe all over
again (F13, 14). Auto-detection of floppy device no longer
works, or so it seems.