How do I get a floppy to work in Mandrake10

[MrX]

thanks WMD. this should fix the problem. after i can get my x to boot!!

[Refalm]

Could you post the actual conf file? I have somewhat an idea what you did wrong (something I did wrong too   ).

[WMD]

quote:Originally posted by MrX:
really, i didna edit the file that makes it say from driver=vga to driver=nv or whatever it was. last time this happened to me i was playing armagetron and it froze(intel 440 chipset) that is not supported by mandrake.
this is what the screen sais    i have to copy it on paper first)


Local host log in_ (my log in name)    

i type 'kde'    

yadda yadda xfree86stuff errors    

(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the nvdia kerel module  
(EE) NVIDIA(0):***Aborting***  
(EE) Screens found, but none have a useable configuration    

Fatal server error:  no screen found

 then that same screen came up after i installed the nvdia drivers wrong. the first time this happend i then reformatted it and uprgaded to a 600 athlon from a 500 katami and i have some biostar motherboard with amd chipset. but hurry! this over ends soon. for a limited time only. aka- help me quik i need to do my important emails and armagetronning!!!!

Your nvidia driver self-destructed. I've noted this to happen a lot on Mandrake 10. Just reinstall the driver and reboot.

[MrX]

i will try what wmd sais. i dont know how to bring up the conf file without my x enviroment (kde) and even if i did i would haveto copy it out on paper then re-type it on this computer. so i will log into it, cd to the dekstop where the file is, but last time i remembered just type 'vd then Tab ' and it will fill out the rest of it. but when i was in the linux kernel it didnt do that. how do i get it to do this?

[MrX]

wmd: my fstab looks like this now.

/dev/hda1 / ext3 defaults 1 1
none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0
/dev/hda6 /home ext3 defaults 1 2
/dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom auto umask=0,user,iocharset=iso8859-15,codepage=850,noauto,ro,exec 0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy autofs user 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/hda5 swap swap defaults 0 0
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i fixed my nvidia drivers. uninstalled them now 3d games work now.
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i edited the fstab then saved.
went into Konsole and typed:
mount /mnt/floppy
it still sais permission denied. i saved an mp3 on the floppy with win98.
problem not solved yet.

[KernelPanic]

i don't mean to insult your intelligence, but does the floppy have the write protect switch on?

[Aloone_Jonez]

You can still mount a floppy (in read-only mode) if its write protected. I've just tried it myself in XFCE in Vector Linux.

[KernelPanic]

What are the permissions on /mnt/floppy?