Try: /dev/fd1 /mnt/floppy2 auto defaults 0 0 and see what that does. -- Regards, Thomas Cameron ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vaughn Treude" To: Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 8:42 PM Subject: Reading 5-inch floppy > Here's one for my fellow old-timers in the group: > On one of my Linux boxes, I have a 5" floppy which I haven't used since I > purged the MS stuff from it. I wanted to read some ancient data on it. My > 3.5" floppy is /dev/fd0, so I expect this to be /dev/fd1. Linux didn't > assign fd1 to the fstab table (no surprise) so I tried editing it manually. > This is the entry I added: > > /dev/fd1h1200 /mnt/floppy2 msdos defaults 0 0 > > When I attempt to mount it an old HD floppy, the error message is that > there's either a bad superblock, bad fs type, or bad option. I've tried > more than one, in case the first was bad, and yes, I have created the > /mnt/floppy2 directory and made it look exactly like /mnt/floppy. > > Can anybody see something I might be missing? > > Thanks, > Vaughn Treude > Nakota Software, Inc. > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >