[Linux-ia64] fail to mount LS120 drive

[Linux-ia64] fail to mount LS120 drive

[Einar Saltnes]

Hi,
I'm trying to mount the LS120 drive on BigSur, but fail getting
the following message:

[root@scali9-12 linux-2.4.0-test10]# mount /mnt/floppy
/dev/hdb1: Invalid argument
mount: /dev/hdb1 has wrong major or minor number

Same result with floppy and LS120 floppy.

The /etc/fstab entry looks like this:
/dev/hdb1  /mnt/floppy  auto  noauto,owner  0 0

I'm running with ReHat developer distribution of August 25th with a
test10 kernel.

[root@scali9-12 linux-2.4.0-test10]# cat /etc/issue
Red Hat Linux release 6.96.1 (Zoot)
Kernel 2.4.0-t10.1kdbSMPB on a 2-processor ia64

Kernel config
- Block devices | Normal PC floppy disk support --> disabled
- ATA/IDE/...support | IDE, ATA and ATAPI Block dev | Include IDE/ATAPI
FLOPPY support --> enabled

What am I missing?

Thanks in advance,
Einar
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Re: [Linux-ia64] fail to mount LS120 drive

[Francis Galiegue]

On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, Einar Saltnes wrote:

> 
> Hi,
> I'm trying to mount the LS120 drive on BigSur, but fail getting
> the following message:
> 
> [root@scali9-12 linux-2.4.0-test10]# mount /mnt/floppy
> /dev/hdb1: Invalid argument
> mount: /dev/hdb1 has wrong major or minor number
> 
> Same result with floppy and LS120 floppy.
> 

Try with /dev/hdb. Is it any better? At least, it Works For Me(tm).

If not, what does a fdisk -l /dev/hdb give on an LS120 floppy? And in general,
can LS120 floppies be partitioned? I doubt it...

-- 
Francis Galiegue, fg@mandrakesoft.com
"Programming is a race between programmers, who try and make more and more
idiot-proof software, and universe, which produces more and more remarkable
idiots. Until now, universe leads the race"  -- R. Cook

Re: [Linux-ia64] fail to mount LS120 drive

[Dan Pop]

On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, Francis Galiegue wrote:

> If not, what does a fdisk -l /dev/hdb give on an LS120 floppy? And in general,
> can LS120 floppies be partitioned? I doubt it...

Yes, they can.

Dan