Mounting floppy problem

[satimis]

Hi folks,

Knoppix LiveCD 4.0.2

I encountered mounting floppy problem.

# mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy

mount: mount point /mnt/floppy is a symbolic link to nowhere

# ls -l /mnt/floppy

lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root 16 Jan 27 22:13 /mnt/floppy -> /mnt/auto/floppy

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

mount: mount point /mnt/auto/floppy does not exist

# ls -l /mnt/auto/floppy

ls: /mnt/auto/floppy: No such file or directory

Please advise how to mount floppy. TIA

B.R.
satimis

[dylunio]

You could try to mount it on another directory, such as just mounting it to /home or /mount.

[satimis]

Hi dylunio,

# mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/
mount: block device /dev/fd0 is write-protected, mounting read-only

it works.

# ls -l /mnt/floppy
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Feb 2 18:46 /mnt/floppy -> /mnt/auto/floppy

Why the mount point /mnt/floppy is symlinked to /mnt/auto/floppy

B.R.
satimis