Need help mounting floppy

[Siri Amrit Kaur]

On Saturday 24 September 2005 02:32 pm Kenneth kindly wrote:
> I think this eliminates problems with some automounter
> trying to use the device (in which case I think you
> would get a message that it could not be opened, or
> permission denied), and shows the problem is deeper
> than just whether the floppy has a filesystem on it.
>
> Its possible something was left in a confused state
> from previous attempts.  As much as I hate to
> recommend rebooting, I would reboot into run level 1,
> check boot messages for anything regarding floppy, try
> the dd command again.  If dd says it transfers 360
> blocks, then at least the driver and hardware are in
> order.

Thanks for that suggestion. I did what you said and it would appear 
the drive is dead. Maybe it's just not connected well. When I have 
some time I'll shut down, go into the box and have a look around.

Thanks again.

Siri Amrit