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Re: [PLUG] Stupid Newbie Question
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On Fri, 26 May 2000, Andrew Shinn wrote:
> Thanks for the help, Roger and Darxus!!!
>
> On Fri, 26 May 2000 rscudder@annance.com wrote:
>
> >
> > You are showing that you tried to mount as a non-root user by the $ prompt.
> > By default you can not mount a floppy that way. You will need to be
> > root.
>
> Oops, my fault. I WAS root when I tried to mount the device, but I typed
> a "$" prompt in my email. Anyway I edited my /etc/fstab and I am now
> told:
>
> mount: /dev/fd0 is not a valid block device
>
> Hmmm... does this mean that there could be something physically wrong with
> the floppy drive, or the connection to the motherboard?
>
> Well, I'll do some more tinkering...
I haven't done this recently, and I don't feel like digging out a floppy
to check..
Do you have a floppy in the drive ?
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