Unable to use floppy dirve

[Edward Dekkers]

Jeffrey D. Yuille wrote:
> Antonio Olivares wrote:
>>
>> Try the following
>> [olivares at localhost ~]$ gnome-mount -d /dev/fd0
>>
>> if that does not work, mount it as root
>> [root at localhost ~]# mkdir -p /media/floppy
>> [root at localhost ~]# mount /dev/fd0 /media/floppy
>> if the above gives you error messgage then specify filesystem type 
>> msdos, vfat,etc [root at localhost ~]# mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /media/floppy
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Antonio
>>   
> Hello Antonio,
> 
>     Thanks for the help.  I was able to mount the drive.  How do I 
> permanently write these commands to a file so that the drive would 
> automatically mount when I insert a floppy and to which file(s) would I 
> write these commands to?
> Jeff
> 

You can't.

A floppy disk drive does not "signal" the PC or OS when a disk is 
inserted. It is not a smart device.

Is a USB flash drive not an option? Floppies are so 90s.

Regards,
Ed.
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