Open a terminal (command-prompt) and try these steps (as root):

mkdir /mnt/new-floppy
(insert a windows formatted floppy into drive)
mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt/new-floppy

Your floppy should now be accessible. Try:
touch /mnt/new-floppy/it
ls /mnt/new-floppy
(should show 'it')

Now umount the disk with:
umount /mnt/new-floppy

And check it with:
ls /mnt/new-floppy
(should show nothing)

If it shows nothing then you know your floppy drive works and you need
to focus on the configuration (ie /etc/fstab)

If *any* of these steps fail, please be descriptive with what failed and
where.

Bart


On Thu, 2004-01-22 at 13:48, Roy Babin wrote:
> Roy Babin wrote:
> 
> > Roy Babin wrote:
> >
> >> jason pearl wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 07:02:37 -0800
> >>> Roy Babin <babinr@earthlink.net> wrote:
> >>>  
> >>>
> >>      I cannot find fstab under /file........ I am using Suse8,2    
> >> with KDE
> >> if that would be of any help,   went under "Find" and could not 
> >> locate it.
> >>
> >>> Found fstab but dev/fd0   etc was not listed.
> >>>
> >>>> I have tried all your suggestions,from all of you and still cannot 
> >>>> get ito work.  Now have an Icon on desktop, when I right  and/or 
> >>>> left click
> >>>>
> >>>> the Icon I get the following error msg.
> >>>>
> >>>>                Error-KDesktop
> >>>>            The desktop entry file
> >>>>     /tmp/kde-roy/Desktop-0/Floppy.desktop
> >>>>     is of typeFSDevice but has no Dev=...entry
> >>>>   
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> is the flopppy drive listed in th /etc/fstab file?
> >>>
> >>> should be something like /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy  auto blah blah.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>  
> >>>
> >>
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>  Oh well I can always go back to Windows when I have anything to save to 
> floppies.
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