[HLUG] floppy mount/umount on Fedora Core 3

[John Hedges]

Have you tried mounting with '-o remount'? Or perhaps umounting with the
-n flag? I don't know if either will work though as I rarely use
floppies. As you suggest though, you shouldn't have to reboot.

A comparison of /etc/mtab and /proc/mounts might shed some light. I
don't know why this information is stored in two places, but it seems
they could be getting out of sync. The disc is fine is it? Have you
tried another one?

John

On Sat, Dec 17, 2005 at 10:36:55AM +0000, alabaster wrote:
> I am running Fedora Core 3 and find mounting and unmounting floppys is
> inconsistent. Has anyone experienced a similar situation or have a hint
> on how to investigate.
> 
> If I start from a clean system after a reboot (a technique from
> Windows), I can use the file browser icon that allows me to mount and
> unmount devices. I can also use mount and umount in a terminal. The
> problem seems to occur after having used Open Office. I find I get into
> a state where the browser shows a mount option but this fails as it
> thinks the floppy is already mounted or busy, but it is not. Trying
> mount in the terminal window gives the same result. I do not have an
> option to unmount in the browser and if I try to umount in the terminal
> window I get "/dev/fd0 is not mounted (according to mtab)". Catch 22!
> 
> Gordon.
> 
> 
> e.
> 
> 
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