Floppy Drive Not Mounting

[NoOp]

On 02/06/2011 10:13 AM, Nathan Bahn wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 5:05 PM, NoOp <snipped> wrote:
> 
>>
>> >> Modify to:
>> >>
>> >> /dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto,exec 0 0
>>
>> You have:
>> /dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto  re,user,noauto,utf8 0  0
...
> 
> 
> Everyone--
> 
> I'm STILL doing something wrong!  Am I wrong in assuming that there are no
> meaningful differences between the openSUSE C.L.I. and the Ubuntu C.L.I.?
...
> devpts               /dev/pts             devpts     mode=0620,gid=5       0
> 0
> /dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto,exec 0 0

That looks better :-)

> 
> 
> PRK at linux-PRK:~> sudo gedit /etc/fstab

Please do not use sudo for graphic programs, use gksudo instead.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo
  https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo#Graphical sudo

> root's password:
> (gedit:8463): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
> PRK at linux-PRK:~> 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

What is the output from:
$ ls -al /media
and
$ groups <username>
and
$ cat /etc/lsb-release && uname -a
and
$ modprobe --list | grep floppy
and
$ lsmod | grep floppy