How to mount floppy?

[Bob Goodwin - W2BOD]

Kevin J. Cummings wrote:
> Bob Goodwin - W2BOD wrote:
>   
>> Can someone tell me why I can't mount a Windows floppy containing a
>> WordPerfect .wpd file on this FC6 computer?
>>
>> mount  /dev/fd0
>> mount: block device /dev/fd0 is write-protected, mounting read-only
>> mount: you must specify the filesystem type
>>
>> so I tried mount -t vfat /dev/fd0
>>
>> but that doesn't work!
>>     
>
> Of course not.  Most floppies are FAT-12 filesystems.  Try just "-t
> msdos" instead of vfat.
>
>   
Yes I had tried msdos, that wasn't my problem ...
>> I put the following in /etc/fstab
>>
>> /dev/fd0                /media/floppy           auto    defaults,noauto 0 0
>>
>> which may not be correct?  I tried to follow what I see in a Centos4.4
>> box that does read the floppy directory, but messed around with the
>> default,noauto.
>>     
>
> My entries for fd0 & fd1:
>
> /dev/fd0	/A:	msdos	defaults,user,noauto
> /dev/fd1	/B:	msdos	defaults,owner,noauto
>
> of course this will only allow any user to mount a FAT formatted floppy
> by hand (The user can now type:  "mount /dev/fd0"   and it should work
> and only that user should have write-access to the floppy.)  You can
> read about the differences between "user" and "owner" in the mount man page.
>
>   
>> I feel like a rat in a maze after spending the whole morning trying to
>> retrieve the file from an old doggy Windows 98 computer that must have
>> crashed twenty times and refuses to recognize a mouse.  Windows without
>> a mouse is a real exercise, for me anyway!
>>     
>
> Before playing with /etc/fstab, mount it by hand.  In that way, you can
> play with the mount arguments until you get it right.  Try:
>
> mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /media/floppy
>
> and see if that works.  If it does, then you can create:
>
> /dev/fd0	/media/floppy	msdos	defaults,user
>
>   
Thanks for the information, I needed that.

Bob Goodwin