This looks a bit strange (but then everything does in Linux (and life) so far). The laptop has the floppy like: /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/fd0 0 0 Where did I get the sda0 from? What is sda? Serial device? Whick also makes me wonder about the zip now. [root@rotor pete]# more /etc/fstab /dev/hda7 / ext2 defaults 1 1 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 /dev/hda11 /home ext2 defaults 1 2 /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom 0 0 /mnt/cdrom2 /mnt/cdrom2 supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom2 0 0 /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/sda 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/win_c vfat user,exec,umask=0,codepage=850,iocharset=iso8859-1 0 0/dev/hda5 /mnt/win_d vfat user,exec,umask=0,codepage=850,iocharset=iso8859-1 0 0/dev/hda6 /mnt/win_e vfat user,exec,umask=0,codepage=850,iocharset=iso8859-1 0 0/mnt/zip /mnt/zip supermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/zip 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda12 /public ext2 defaults 1 2 /dev/hda9 /usr ext2 defaults 1 2 /dev/hda10 /var ext2 defaults 1 2 /dev/hda8 swap swap defaults 0 0 pm:hda /public nfs noexec,dev,suid,rw,bg 1 1 [root@rotor pete]# On Tuesday 19 June 2001 11:02, you wrote: > Quoting mazdaracer : > > I just tried (for the 1st time) to read a floppy. I got an error > > dialog: > > > > Unable to enter file:/mnt/floppy (or /zip). You do not have access > > rights to > > this location. > > > > That was when I clicked the desktop icon and also tried to view it via > > the > > file manager. > > > > I also tried as root from the terminal (ls /mnt/floppy) and got > > Input/output > > error returned. > > --- > > su to root > > mount /mnt/floppy > ls /mnt/floppy > > you can edit /etc/fstab floppy if you want other users to be able to mount > a floppy... > > /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto user,owner,exec,dev,suid,rw,noauto > 0 0 > > note -- user > > Craig > > ------------------------------------------------- > This mail sent through IMP: barney.azapple.com > ________________________________________________ > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't > post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss