[wplug] Unbuntu + Floppy?
L. A. Weber
laweber at verizon.net
Sat May 21 18:36:08 EDT 2011
I tried changing the drive and the fact that it works with the live CD tells
me the hardware is o.k.
Later on Friday I installed Fedora 14 from a live CD. It also would not
mount the floppy. However in this case the floppy (fd and fd0) are not in
the /dev directory so this might be a different situation. With Ubuntu the
devices are in /dev.
When I get back to work on Monday, I will try a DVD installation of Fedoara
14.
By the way, what are the member's opinion of Unity?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Friarzen" <friarzen at gmail.com>
To: "General user list" <wplug at wplug.org>
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2011 3:37 PM
Subject: Re: [wplug] Unbuntu + Floppy?
> Hmm, if it mounts when using the CD but not with the installed system,
> that implies a kernel change between the two. Maybe do an lsmod under
> both scenarios and check to see if maybe an fd module is being left out of
> the installed boot config.
>
> --friar
>
> "Weber, Lawrence A" <Lawrence.Weber at ansaldo-sts.us> wrote:
>
>>I need to set up a PC for embedded Linux development. I have been using
>>Fedora for years with very few problems. People have been telling me how
>>great Ubuntu is so I thought I would give it a try on the new setup. Last
>>week or so I posted requests for help concerning the display. Fixed that
>>by getting a newer PC.
>>
>>Now I find that I cannot mount a floppy drive (yes I know.... But I still
>>need one). I see that fstab is correct and have tried to manually mount
>>the drive. I get no error messages, the front light blinks and that's it.
>>Umount tells me that it is not mounted. Tried replacing the hardware.
>>Tried 11.04 and 10.04 with the same results. I cannot even add a drive to
>>the top menu bar.
>>
>>However if I boot from the 10.04 CD the floppy mounts. Anyone else have
>>floppy drive problems with Ubuntu?
>>
>>
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