Trouble mounting FAT drive and floppy

[A64Biter]

I am not sure if my problem is specific to the 64 bit install but a search did not reveal any similiar post in the general forum so here goes.

First problem is I can't get my windows FAT32 partition to mount properly. My FSTAB line is;

/dev/hda1 /mnt/win auto users,ro,noauto 0 0

I don't get any errors when I mount the drive, but when I try to browse the disk strange things happen. I see icons for the files on the drive, but directories look the same as files. If I right click an icon ( to try to view properties ) the icon disappears.

I tried changing my FSTAB line to;

/dev/hda1 /mnt/win fat users,ro,noauto 0 0

but then I can't mount the drive.Says the kernal doesn't support FAT. LSMOD does show that the FAT module is loaded. Also tried 'vfat' and it works the same as 'auto'

My second problem is I can't mount my floppy drive. The FSTAB line is;

/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0

When I try to mount the drive I get the error,
"special device /dev/fd0 does not exist"

Sure enough, /dev does not have a device block for fd0. Did the installer miss something?

My system is an ASUS K8V SE Deluxe

Thanks for any suggestions ](*,)

[wallijonn]

bump.

changing /dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 noauto noauto 0 0 to /dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0 kills /dev/fd0, right?

If we change it to /dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,owner,noauto 0 0 does it fix the problem?

[Werpon]

"fat" is not a valid type, try "msdos"; but it looks like your problem has nothing to do with fs types...

If your system can't find /dev/fd0 and you're sure your floppy drive is standard (not some IDE drive or something) you can try

cd /dev/ ; ./MAKEDEV fd0

[A64Biter]

"fat" is not a valid type, try "msdos"; but it looks like your problem has nothing to do with fs types...

If your system can't find /dev/fd0 and you're sure your floppy drive is standard (not some IDE drive or something) you can try

cd /dev/ ; ./MAKEDEV fd0

Thanks! "msdos" fixed my hda problem.

Still no luck with my floppy. Its a standard floppy, pluged into the motherboard. Works with Window$.

I didn't get any errors when I did the ./MAKEDEV fd0, but when I try to mount the drive I still get,
"special device /dev/fd0 does not exist".

Also tried wallijonn's suggestion but it made no difference. I am new at this, but it seems like it points to the fact that I don't have a device block for fd0 in /dev.

What should I see in /dev?

[wallijonn]

bump.

why isn't it listed under
# lsmod?

So I

cd /dev
sudo sh ./MAKEFILE fd0

And it still doesn't work.

Just for the hell of it I
modprobe floppy
and then
mount /media/floppy0
eureka!!

It mounts, I can access it.

guess I'll have to use an
umount /media/floppy0
seeing as right-click 'unmount floppy' doesn't work.

When I lsmod it lists floppy.

<I give myself a pat on the back> :D

Now, I did do one other thing: When I went to /dev/fd there was a "0" there and when I clicked on it once it disappeared. After my modprobe command did it create a new one? or did the disappearance of it cause it to be regenerated? (before I issued the modprobe command).



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[wallijonn]

okay,

I edited /etc/fstab as /dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 vfat rw,user,noauto 0 0, I start a root terminal, modprobe floppy.

Computer -> Disks -> Floppy 1, and I can read/write to the floppy. (This way I don't have to fuss around with privs).

I can right-click floppy0 on the desktop -> Unmount Volume and it umounts it.

How do I make modprobe permanent? insmod?

/lib/modules/2.6.8.1-3-686/kernel/drivers/block/floppy.ko already exists.
/lib/modules/2.6.8.1-3-386/kernel/drivers/block/floppy.ko already exists.

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Before, I started a root terminal,
mount -a
modprobe floppy

If I mount it in the root terminal I have to cp through the CLI and umount through the CLI.

Just going to Computer -> Disks -> double-click floppy0 allowed me full access.

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[wallijonn]

cd /dev
sudo depmod -a
sudo modprobe floppy

is still no better than just
cd /dev
modprobe floppy

trying
cd /etc
update-modules
next

no. didn't work on a reboot.

-----------------------------------------------

The fix:


cd /etc
sudo gedit modules


add floppy to list.

modules should now look like this:

# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file should contain the names of kernel modules that are
# to be loaded at boot time, one per line. Comments begin with
# a "#", and everything on the line after them are ignored.

psmouse
mousedev
ide-cd
ide-disk
ide-generic
lp
floppy


<reboot>

Hitting the disk icon should now mount your floppy.


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[A64Biter]

Thanks for your help!!

[Datchew]

i'm also having trouble.
I performed the above fix and now my "modules" thing (is it like a dll file) shows the floppy in the list AFTER a reboot.

however, i still cannot find where to access the floppy drive anywhere.
in my computer->disks
all i see is cd-rom1, cd-rom2, filesystem, and network... no floppy shows up.

Am i just missing information as to how to find it in the file manager (i think it's called Nautilus)????

please advise.
Thanks,
Datchew.

[Datchew]

nevermind.

never got any help, but i was able to find a MUCH EASIER solution HERE! (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=12282&highlight=floppy+drive+mount)

Datchew.

[Tyler Szabo]

The ./makedev fd0 worked like a charm when I lost my /dev/fd0 (bad fstab entry involving setting type to vfat,msdos,auto). My fstab line looks like the following:
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 vfat rw,user,noauto 0 0

Note: The vfat entry is intended to allow me to read long filenames from my old windows disks; it works!