[HLUG] floppy mount/umount on Fedora Core 3

[Julian Robbins]

alabaster wrote:

>Hi John, 
>the -o and -n options did not work, -l works sometimes but not always. I
>am using 2 floppies for backup of spreadsheet files and am writing
>latest file to both, so need to switch floppies every time.
>
>I re-read the man and shall look into use of /etc/mtab and /proc/mounts
>to see if I can find anything more.
>
>I definitely think Open Office is doing something to mess things up.  
>
>I have found that only logoff-logon is required, not a reboot, so a
>simpler work around.
>
>Thanks for pointers.
>  
>
Hi

I must admit my experince of Linux is that Floppies are not so well 
supported as USB memory sticks. I think most developers echo the 
response I got last year at the Linux Expo :- 'floppy ? havnet used one 
of those for years ! I only use a memory stick for that these days ...'

Whether thsi is the right attitude or not, I think that getting floppies 
to work flawlessly is low priority for most distros these days - sadly ...

Julian

>Gordon
>
>On Sat, 2005-12-17 at 11:41 +0000, John Hedges wrote:
>  
>
>>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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