Hi, Once I reported this problem, thought it was gone, but it's back and I don't have a clue how to solve it. Here's the story: 1) Mount a dos formatted floppy, containing files 001.x 001.y 001.z 2) Unmount the floppy 3) Mount a dos formatted floppy, containing files 002.x, 002.y 002.z 4) Using ls or KDE's file manager I SEE files 001* -- that's the files that where in floppy 1. 5) More, I can't access them, I can't access the 002*, which are the ones physically in floppy 2. 6) If instead of 3), I mount an ext2 floppy I can see and operate the files that are contained in it. 7) Umount ext2 floppy and mount dos floppy #2, shows files of floppy #1, so I back to ground zero Here's additional info -- kernel messages and my fstab: ================================================================ Jan 6 09:49:37 friedman kernel: set_blocksize: b_count 12, dev fd(2,0), block 19! Jan 6 09:49:37 friedman kernel: set_blocksize: b_count 16, dev fd(2,0), block 21! Jan 6 09:49:37 friedman kernel: set_blocksize: b_count 16, dev fd(2,0), block 22! Jan 6 09:49:37 friedman kernel: set_blocksize: b_count 11, dev fd(2,0), block 23! Jan 6 09:49:37 friedman kernel: set_blocksize: b_count 13, dev fd(2,0), block 24! Jan 6 09:49:37 friedman kernel: set_blocksize: b_count 4, dev fd(2,0), block 25! Jan 6 09:49:37 friedman kernel: set_blocksize: b_count 12, dev fd(2,0), block 20! ================================================================ FSTAB ================================================================ /dev/fd0 /floppy auto noauto,user 0 0 #/dev/fd0 /floppy vfat noauto,user 1 2 # NOTE: Does not matter which line is uncommented, the error is the same ================================================================ I really would appreciate if you could help me on this weird one... anybody ever experienced such thing? An additional note, my CD-ROM(IDE Atapi) is going nuts (mechanically, sometimes doesn't start spinning, even on W98), could this be related, i.e., "confusing" the kernel/other devices? Thanks in advance for your help/comments, Alvaro Novo ------------------------------------------------------- -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/