Floppy Drive Not Mounting

[NoOp]

On 02/03/2011 11:35 AM, Nathan Bahn wrote:
> Hello everyone--
> 
> I now have a slight variation of the problem.  I am taking the liberty of
> bringing it up here because I believe that there is no difference in the
> Linux C.L.I. between openSUSE 11.3 and Ubuntu 10.10.  If I am mistaken, then
> I apologize.
> 
> Below is what I have done on the C.L.I.:
> 
> PRK at linux-PRK:/etc> sudo nano /etc/fstab
...
$ gksudo gedit /etc/fstab
might be a little easier for you unless you are on a server :-)

> /dev/fd0     /media/floppy0 auto   re,user,noauto,utf8 0    0

Modify to:

/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto,exec 0 0

> 
> 
> PRK at linux-PRK:/etc> sudo mount -a
> root's password:

Don't need to do anything as root. Just as a regular user w/sudo.

> PRK at linux-PRK:/etc> udisks --mount /dev/fd0
> Mount failed: Error mounting: mount exited with exit code 1: helper failed
> with:
> mount: mount point /media/floppy0 does not exist

Fix the /etc/fstab & reboot.
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