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Josef Lowder wrote:
> I did mknod /dev/fd0 b 2 0 
> and that restored the fd0 listing in /dev 
> but I still can't mount the floppy. 
> Tried it three different ways: 
> 
> Clicked on the desktop "Floppy" icon 
> got this message: "Mount: Could not determine the file system type
> 	and none was specified." 
> 
> Tried: mount /mnt/floppy 
> got the message: "Mount: You must specify file system type" 
> 
Try: mount -t vfat /mnt/floppy  (use a good formatted floppy)


> Tried: mount /dev/fd0 
> got the message "Can't find in /etc/fstab or mtab 
> 
This means mount can't find a line in /etc/fstab to give it the rest of the
required information.

Make sure you have a formatted floppy, not the one you hammered with the copy
command.

Then:

# mount -t auto /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy

should mount it for you.

HTH
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KevinO
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