open a terminal session make sure /media/floppy does actually exists as a directory then making sure your not in the /media/floppy directroy mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /media/floppy the vfat file system should work for windows formatted floppys and older dos formatted floppys. Rob. At 14:49 06/05/2003 +0100, you wrote:

----- Original Message ----- From: <s-clarob@st-aidans.cumbria.sch.uk> To: <suse-linux-uk-schools@suse.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 2:43 PM Subject: Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] Problem mounting floppy

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Have you tried mounting the floppy specifying the mount point and fs type? I.E. not relying on the fstab

Robin

How would I do that? I have a shortcut on the desktop that includes this info, is this what you are suggesting?

Adrian