From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2D8B1381F3 for ; Sun, 16 Dec 2012 09:23:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0559AE0667; Sun, 16 Dec 2012 09:23:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtpq1.tb.mail.iss.as9143.net (smtpq1.tb.mail.iss.as9143.net [212.54.42.164]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 330C3E0527 for ; Sun, 16 Dec 2012 09:21:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [212.54.42.134] (helo=smtp3.tb.mail.iss.as9143.net) by smtpq1.tb.mail.iss.as9143.net with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TkAPn-0001eO-FI for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 16 Dec 2012 10:21:43 +0100 Received: from 54698b76.cm-12-2c.dynamic.ziggo.nl ([84.105.139.118] helo=data.antarean.org) by smtp3.tb.mail.iss.as9143.net with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TkAPm-000342-DK for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 16 Dec 2012 10:21:43 +0100 Received: from eve.localnet (eve.adm.antarean.org [10.55.16.19]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by data.antarean.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 27C9A469 for ; Sun, 16 Dec 2012 10:21:35 +0100 (CET) From: "J. Roeleveld" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Mounting floppy disks Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2012 10:21:21 +0100 Message-ID: <2274457.3aHK5FsGRE@eve> User-Agent: KMail/4.9.3 (Linux/3.3.8-gentoo; KDE/4.9.3; x86_64; ; ) In-Reply-To: References: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Ziggo-spambar: / X-Ziggo-spamscore: 0.3 X-Ziggo-spamreport: RDNS_DYNAMIC=0.363,RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.024 X-Ziggo-Spam-Status: No X-Spam-Status: No X-Spam-Flag: No X-Archives-Salt: 651ad6ae-1c42-44c3-82d5-0a70146b64c8 X-Archives-Hash: da055285933f8c23ebc6221312c6f608 On Tuesday, December 11, 2012 11:59:52 PM Paul Hartman wrote: > For some reason, when I mount floppy disk (standard HD 3.5" VFAT disk) > it does nothing. No error, just nothing... I have not tried this in > well over a year, but it used to work. > > The /dev/fd0 device works normally, I can access it with mtools and > use dd and even access disks in virtual machines running mswindows. > > Furthermore, if I make an image of the disk using dd and then loop > mount that image, it works! But when I try to mount my normal > /mnt/floppy fstab entry that I've had for years, or manually "mount -t > vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy" there is disk activity, but it never shows > up in /proc/mounts and is not mounted for me afterward. If I add "-v" > to mount, it tells me that it mounted, but it didn't actually... > either that or it has unmounted itself instantly before I can see it. > > Can anyone else mount floppies? Is there some floppy magic I have > forgotten over the years? Thanks for any tips! Paul, I can't remember the last time I actually mounted a floppy disk. I found " mtools " to be very usefull for dealing with floppy-disks: [I] sys-fs/mtools Available versions: 4.0.13 4.0.15 ~4.0.16 ~4.0.17 {{X}} Installed versions: 4.0.15(10:46:41 AM 08/02/2012)(-X) Homepage: http://mtools.linux.lu/ Description: utilities to access MS-DOS disks from Unix without mounting them Not sure why it's installed on my desktop as it doesn't actually have a floppydrive ;) -- Joost