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**jhendrix** · 11-29-2005

how does one go about mounting selected volume for floppy drive? brezzy badger

**psic** · 11-29-2005

I'm not sure what you mean by selected volume, to mount a floppy, just:

Code:

mount /dev/fd0 /where_you_want_to_mount

**Vergil83** · 11-29-2005

the "stardward way" to add to psic's post would be

Code:

mount /dev/fd0 /media/floppy

**jhendrix** · 12-02-2005

gentlemen, am very new to linux. after typing in commands, i am asked to specify the file system type. do not quite understand. please steer me in the right direction, thx.

**Vergil83** · 12-02-2005

normally you don't need to say what filesystem. For fat32, try

Code:

mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /media/floppy

It will depend on what filesytem your floppy is.

you can always mount the floppy with a gui using nautilus, places--->computer----->floppy

**jhendrix** · 12-02-2005

vergil83, worked like a charm, thx. but, how can i get the icon off my desktop.

**psic** · 12-02-2005

Unmount it. Instead of "mount blablabla" just do:

Code:

umount /where_it_was_mounted

so, for instance:
umount /media/floppy

**jhendrix** · 12-02-2005

thank you all for you're help.

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