How to mount floppy?

Frantisek Hanzlik franta at hanzlici.cz
Wed Aug 17 09:56:13 UTC 2011


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

MAKEDEV fd			# 'yum install MAKEDEV' if isn't
mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppypoint	# should select right floppy format

(as root) works for me at 2.6.40-4.fc15.i686.PAE

Franta Hanzlik


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