Bug 80949 - Linux formatted floppy disks will not mount.
Summary: Linux formatted floppy disks will not mount.
Status: CLOSED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: mount (Show other bugs)
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Version: 8.0
Hardware: i686 Linux
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Assignee: Elliot Lee
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Reported: 2003-01-02 19:28 UTC by John R Leddy
Modified: 2007-03-27 03:59 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2003-07-28 16:13:02 UTC
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Description John R Leddy 2003-01-02 19:28:34 UTC 
Description of problem: Linux formatted floppy disks will not mount.


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How reproducible: Format floppy disk for linux and use as normal.


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Actual results: Floppy disk fails to mount.
     
Expected results: Floppy disk to mount.


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Comment 1 John R Leddy 2003-01-02 19:36:36 UTC 
Error
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/fd0,
or too many mounted file systems

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Mount error
Nautilus was unable to mount the floppy drive.
The floppy is probably in a format that cannot be mounted.

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[****@localhost_****]$ mtools
                     $ mdir
init A: sector size too big
Cannot initialise 'A:'
Comment 2 John R Leddy 2003-01-03 11:41:20 UTC 
Seems to me I might have duplicated a report at bug74080.
Comment 3 John R Leddy 2003-01-04 11:25:38 UTC 
Is this a contributing factor for Nilmoni's problem at bug75030 ?
Comment 4 Stephen Tweedie 2003-01-06 13:14:37 UTC 
This report needs more information (lots more).  What sort of filesystem did you
try to format it as --- FAT, ext2, something else?  What program did you use to
format it?  What do you mean by "use as normal" --- there are many different
ways to mount a disk?
Comment 5 Stephen Tweedie 2003-07-28 16:13:02 UTC 
Closed after 6 months with no response to a request for information.  Please
reopen if you can supply more details.
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