Michael Havens wrote:

> It doesn't work (neither does the cdrom icon).
> So I try to open it from the command line. Shouldn't one of these commands 
> have worked?
> HOw can I open the floppy icon and make it so it works?
> knoppix@bmike1:~$ mount fd0
> mount: can't find fd0 in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab
> knoppix@bmike1:~$ mount /mnt/floppy
> mount: mount point /mnt/floppy is a symbolic link to nowhere
> knoppix@bmike1:~$ mount /mnt/fd0
> mount: can't find /mnt/fd0 in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab
> knoppix@bmike1:~$ mount /dev/fd0
> mount: mount point /mnt/floppy is a symbolic link to nowhere
> knoppix@bmike1:~$

Read the error.  The directory you are trying to mount the floppy too, 
/mnt/floppy, is a symbolic link and it points to somewhere nonexistant.

to fix, delete /mnt/floppy and make a directory there, mkdir -p /mnt/floppy

You probably need to do this for the cdrom as well.