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<DIV><SPAN class=904224608-20062008><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi - daft one for
Friday morning coffee break:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=904224608-20062008><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have been trying
to mount floppies on a couple of CentOS5 servers - the usual "mount /dev/fd0
/mnt/floppy" (yes, /mnt/floppy exists!).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=904224608-20062008><FONT face=Arial size=2>On both servers, the
mount command just doesn't come back and I have to hit CTRL-C. I have tried
different media and also changed the floppy drive on one server, /dev/fd0 is
seen as present on both servers and they are enabled in the BIOS. I have
formatted and tested the floppies on my desktop PC without
problems.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=904224608-20062008><FONT face=Arial size=2>In the end, I gave
up, stuck a USB floppy on one of the boxes and it mounted with no
problems.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=904224608-20062008><FONT face=Arial size=2>So is it me, CentOS
5 or something else? (Ideas, anyone!?). It could be a set of duff floppies
and three flaky drives (two brand new), but I thought I'd
ask b</FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=904224608-20062008><FONT face=Arial
size=2>efore I spend too much more time on it!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=904224608-20062008><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Thanks</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=904224608-20062008><FONT face=Arial size=2>Nigel
Kendrick</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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