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 742A51381F3 for ; Wed, 12 Dec 2012 06:01:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 93AB721C011; Wed, 12 Dec 2012 06:01:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-vc0-f175.google.com (mail-vc0-f175.google.com [209.85.220.175]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BD7B1E064E for ; Wed, 12 Dec 2012 06:00:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-vc0-f175.google.com with SMTP id fy7so313531vcb.6 for ; Tue, 11 Dec 2012 22:00:12 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:from:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id :subject:to:content-type; bh=gNYxsYziw6urmX8K5KoH0MLqIMs/Dnq9TJg/c5gcDIc=; b=dTp5hYQmTVZadiRrTZEJxzscMEtPVVR62BMoALZGPy33NHZdhl/Ef32xRT2GnXswzx QhbUQykkQ9w4uWprXvQ35bB01KL6zXgBwZ7tJSVCzOaVl5ZNmziQ4GGRpAtbZZP/0JrI mCRPaXP7brWiYXejW2O+DCD+RYyo2y4gAo/qGLWgIZr6BsYExPXApzb9Tz/vOfKAbh/6 ei1ALJvKFvBksHkUsOYnIsiZzeVDzVvHHO/8wWZUDttEw4Kcmaov7Au9eZVQ1azr6ApE Sv/uEYTH+Lp9U2WQS4DRyCAenvVIfMP/xXGNc1nlE919V9AA9oZZ4LREEGfZ76+x2LI3 vmhw== Received: by 10.220.115.133 with SMTP id i5mr322562vcq.42.1355292012445; Tue, 11 Dec 2012 22:00:12 -0800 (PST) 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 Sender: paul.hartman@gmail.com Received: by 10.58.217.195 with HTTP; Tue, 11 Dec 2012 21:59:52 -0800 (PST) From: Paul Hartman Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2012 23:59:52 -0600 X-Google-Sender-Auth: YP2-SjdiIzUzOQLdbdVCGAy0UyM Message-ID: Subject: [gentoo-user] Mounting floppy disks To: Gentoo User Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Archives-Salt: 3d980d9b-c952-463f-9138-93c267f4f2ac X-Archives-Hash: c189327a6ecf3d61b365c846c3bd2345 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!