floppy

[Patrick Lists]

On 03/29/2012 02:04 AM, Paul Allen Newell wrote:
> On 3/28/2012 4:18 PM, Joe Zeff wrote:
>> On 03/28/2012 04:07 PM, Patrick Lists wrote:
>>> No idea if it makes any difference but I always did:
>>>
>>> mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
>>
>> Yes, that's right. Checking the man page, that's the right way to
>> format the command. And, of course, /mnt/floppy must already exist.
>
> My memory is that on either F13 or F14, I was unable to get my floppys
> to be recognized no matter what I did and there were some existing bugs
> out on such. I never saw a resolution posted and have assumed that "it
> ain't going to happen"

In that case maybe you can try a CentOS 6 Live CD/DVD and see if it can 
read the floppy. Maybe parts of it are old enough to still appreciate 
that floppy.

Regards,
Patrick