[plug] Floppy access after Edgy>Feisty upgrade

[Arie Hol]

On 6 May 2007 at 12:30, David Dartnall wrote:

> Hi list,
> 
> It appears that my floppy drive is not automatically mounted when a 
disk
> is inserted.
> 
> Access via Places>Computer>Floppy drive    returns a momentary window 
with
> the message 'Opening floppy drive' and then opens the root directory in
> Nautilus. >media>floppy or floppy0 then displays the floppy files and
> floppy icon appears on the Desktop. Floppy mounted and now accessible.
> 
> Access via Places>Computer>Filesystem>media>floppy does not work.
> 
> fstab reads:  
> 
> # /etc/fstab: static file system information.
> #
> # <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
> proc            /proc           proc    defaults        0       0
> # /dev/hdc3
> UUID=5d3cd338-8453-45e2-8066-cd2115169c43 /               ext3    
> defaults,errors=remount-ro 0       1
> # /dev/hdc1
> UUID=348526ba-5845-476d-8da3-0895970c74cc /boot           ext3    
> defaults        0       2
> # /dev/hdc2
> UUID=938ae800-268e-413c-b2d1-28483df6d4d0 none            swap    
> sw              0       0
> /dev/cdrom        /media/cdrom0   udf,iso9660 user,noauto     0       0
> /dev/fd0           /media/floppy0  auto    rw,user,noauto  0       0
> 
>     ---which looks strange to me - I don't understand what the lines
> starting UUID= are all about, but I guess they don't have any bearing 
> on floppy access.

Just a quick guess about why your floppy drive is not mounted 
automatically when you insert a disk :

Your fstab file has the line :

/dev/fd0           /media/floppy0  auto    rw,user,noauto  0       0

where the options are :

rw,user,noauto  

Change the 'noauto' to 'auto' and and try again.

Maybe that will help.

Please correct me if I am wrong.

Regards Arie
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