Bug 80949 – Linux formatted floppy disks will not mount.

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Bug 80949 - Linux formatted floppy disks will not mount.

Summary:	Linux formatted floppy disks will not mount.

Status:	CLOSED WORKSFORME

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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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Assigned To:	Elliot Lee
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Reported:	2003-01-02 14:28 EST by John R Leddy
Modified:	2007-03-26 23:59 EDT (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Last Closed:	2003-07-28 12:13:02 EDT
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Description John R Leddy 2003-01-02 14:28:34 EST

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 14:36:36 EST

Error
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/fd0,
or too many mounted file systems

-&-

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

-&-

[****@localhost_****]$ mtools
                     $ mdir
init A: sector size too big
Cannot initialise 'A:'

Comment 2 John R Leddy 2003-01-03 06:41:20 EST

Seems to me I might have duplicated a report at bug74080.

Comment 3 John R Leddy 2003-01-04 06:25:38 EST

Is this a contributing factor for Nilmoni's problem at bug75030 ?

Comment 4 Stephen Tweedie 2003-01-06 08:14:37 EST

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 12:13:02 EDT

Closed after 6 months with no response to a request for information.  Please
reopen if you can supply more details.

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