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Offline clmorre

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Installing Floppy Drive
« on: May 09, 2006, 04:50:55 AM »
Could someone help me how to install and mount a floppy drive on my linux box.

Offline Ricky

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Installing Floppy Drive
« Reply #1 on: May 11, 2006, 05:46:57 PM »
Usually floppy drive is /dev/fd0,
u should have lines as given below in your /etc/fstab
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/dev/fd0     /mnt/floppy     auto     noauto, owner, kudzu     0     0

If those are there then just insert your floppy and give command
mount /mnt/floppy

Rest is automatic.