AKADAP
June 16th, 2011, 03:42 AM
Every time I need to use the floppy drive, I again find it not working.
I have reported this problem before, and it has been fixed before, several times.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/util-linux/+bug/593140
It is broken again.
Clicking on the "Floppy Drive" item in Nautilus does not even access the drive.
Right clicking and selecting "Detect Media" at least spins the disk, but gives the same non-results regardless of whether there is a disk in the drive.
With no disk in the drive this happens:
$ sudo mount /dev/fd0
mount: /dev/fd0 is not a valid block device
$ echo $?
32
with a disk in the drive, this happens:
$ sudo mount /dev/fd0
$ echo $?
0
$ mount -l
/dev/sde1 on / type ext4 (rw,errors=remount-ro,commit=0)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
none on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
fusectl on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw)
none on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw)
none on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw)
none on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=0620)
none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
none on /var/run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755)
none on /var/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
/dev/md127 on /morestore/raid1 type ext4 (rw,commit=0) [Home Mirror]
binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
gvfs-fuse-daemon on /morestore/raid1/home/user/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=user)
$
Mount claims to successfully mount fd0, but it is not actually mounted.
I get the same results on several computers.
Could someone please tell me how to fix this?
It is really embarrassing having to borrow someones Windows computer to read a floppy.
I have reported this problem before, and it has been fixed before, several times.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/util-linux/+bug/593140
It is broken again.
Clicking on the "Floppy Drive" item in Nautilus does not even access the drive.
Right clicking and selecting "Detect Media" at least spins the disk, but gives the same non-results regardless of whether there is a disk in the drive.
With no disk in the drive this happens:
$ sudo mount /dev/fd0
mount: /dev/fd0 is not a valid block device
$ echo $?
32
with a disk in the drive, this happens:
$ sudo mount /dev/fd0
$ echo $?
0
$ mount -l
/dev/sde1 on / type ext4 (rw,errors=remount-ro,commit=0)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
none on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
fusectl on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw)
none on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw)
none on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw)
none on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=0620)
none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
none on /var/run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755)
none on /var/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
/dev/md127 on /morestore/raid1 type ext4 (rw,commit=0) [Home Mirror]
binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
gvfs-fuse-daemon on /morestore/raid1/home/user/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=user)
$
Mount claims to successfully mount fd0, but it is not actually mounted.
I get the same results on several computers.
Could someone please tell me how to fix this?
It is really embarrassing having to borrow someones Windows computer to read a floppy.