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Cannot mount volume.

Asked by thedoorguy

running ubuntu 710. When I click to mount my floppy drive I get an error msg that it cannot mount volume and the details say : mount:/dev/fd0 is not a valid block device.

I resently changed from an install using wubi to a disk install. The floppy mounted ok in the old install.

I can't access Terminal right now (see #30546) but I can provide some details about the drive from the Advanced page of the Device Manager.

Your help will be greatly appreciated!!

thedoorguy aka Richard

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Miłosz Gałązka (milosz-galazka) said : 		#1

Do you have floppy drive defined in your /etc/fstab file?
Do you see any informations about floppy in 'dmesg' output?

You can try mounting it using command:
mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt

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thedoorguy (thedoorguy) said : 		#2

There isn't a /fstab folder.

from dmesg

[ 35.810604] ata1: SATA link down 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
[ 35.839905] Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
[ 35.886580] FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077
[ 36.021984] ata2: SATA link down 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 0 SControl 300)

sudo mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt ---- yields... /dev/fd0 is not a valid block device.

In Device Manager> Advanced it says
block.device string /dev/fd0
linus.sysfs_path string /sys/dev/fd)

and a whole lot more about the floppy if it has any meaning to you.

thanks! thedoorguy

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Miłosz Gałązka (milosz-galazka) said : 		#3

It looks like floppy drive is recognized properly. You could run 'cat /etc/fstab' to see if there is fd0 device. Maybe diskette is bad?

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thedoorguy (thedoorguy) said : 		#4

Oh my God.... I am soooo stupid! I was trying to mount the device without a disk in it. (got the hint from your last post) When I tried it with a disk inserted it mounted right up.

I am so sorry for wasting your time. You did fix mix my non-problem and I did learn something and for that I am grateful.

Thank you Very Much Milosz.

thedoorguy aka Richard