From: Suso <suso@suso.eigenmann.indiana.edu>
Newsgroups: suso.linux-help
Subject: Re: floppy format problem
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 00:15:07 -0500
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  Todd,

  Here's the trick. When the filesystem that you are mounting is
something other than
ext2(Linux native) or iso9660(CD-ROM) you need to usually specify the
filesystem type. It's done by using the -t option to mount. So after you
put the disk in the floppy drive you would type something like this:

   mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /floppy

 or

   mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /floppy 

  Let me know if this doesn't work.

  Suso


Todd Jones wrote:
> 
> Hi Suso-
> 
> I am not having any luck mounting dos formatted floppies. I'm using
> Imation 2HD IBM formatted diskettes, and I've tried multiple floppies to
> make sure that the problem was not a faulty diskette. It's not. I've
> tried reformatting with Kdisk and that won't work either. It only wants
> to mount ext2fs formatted floppies. Any suggestions?