Floppy drive not responding.

[NoOp]

On 07/08/2009 04:44 PM, HermanAA wrote:
...
> CONCLUSION:  When Ubuntu 8.10-Intrepid has been installed and you add a
>  floppy drive to the system (afterwards):
>  DO NOT CREATE A LINE IN FSTAB! (it messes up the system)
>  (even when the system says: No entry found in fstab or m...?)
>  (at one point, a restart of the OS proved essential)
> All partitions on all mounts have been made accessible by the
> installer-program (auto-mount, no less).
> In same way, Ubuntu 8.10 gives access to the floppy drive:
>  AUTO-MOUNT ON ACCESS.
> I think it is all provided for and automatic.
> 
> The name (hardware name) of the floppy is /dev/fd0.
> The mount point is /media/floppy0
>   (see up: n0jn at bsw:/media$ ls -l)
>  (but that mount point is not established via fstab. It is provided
> somewhere else).
> I have not found yet where/how that mount point is established.
> 
> As floppies are no longer part of my setup (except to help a young
> friend with NO cdrom). I will not pursue this further.
> Thanks Ubuntu/Canonical for doing all the work !
>  (you just had me confused for a while)
> 
> Herman in PHL.
> 
> 
> 

Interesting... I didn't check in intrepid, only hardy and jaunty. You
might find these of interest:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-docs/+bug/330314
[Floppy Drive Not Recognized]
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FloppyRecognition