Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Re: Mounting the floppy drive

Loyal,,
No I looked at /dev with midnight commander. I do see the floppy in
/etc/fstab. I will run the mount command and see what happens.
Thanks.

Jim




On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 9:32 PM, loyal_barber <loyal_barber@yahoo.com> wrote:

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> --- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, James Jolin <james.jolin@...> wrote:
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> > I am using Mint 13 and I tried to mount the floppy using the mount
> > command. The floppy is in the media directory, but not in the dev
> > directory. In fact there is not any devices in the dev directory. I think
> > I've forgotten some basic linux stuff. Need someone to quick start my
> > brain.
> > Jim wa9arb
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> When you checked for devices under /dev, did you use a command similar
> to the following:
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> sudo ls /dev
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> There are always entries under /dev. I have not used a floppy in a
> while but I believe they are listed as /dev/fd*. However another
> way you can check given that it shows up as mounted under /media
> is just the command "mount" which will tell you everything mounted
> currently.
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> Hope this is what you are looking for.
>
> Loyal
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