I would guess that you need to specify the file system type like the
error states.  If it was formatted on XP then it will probably be NTFS
or maybe FAT.  You could try:

mount -t ntfs /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy

However, you would need to have support for NTFS in your kernel and I
don't think it is there by default.

Brad

-----Forwarded Message-----

> From: Joe Pitts <pittspringdale@yahoo.com>
> To: kclug@kclug.org
> Subject: Mounting Floppy diskette problem on Redhat 8.0
> Date: 20 May 2003 13:20:32 -0700
> 
> Hello, KCLUG,
>  
> I have a newbie Linux question about how to mount a floppy diskette that is formatted on Windows 
XP.
>  
> I tried to mount this diskette on the Redhat 8.0 desktop again and again.
> but it keep saying that
>  
> "
> #[root@red root]#mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
> /dev/fd0: Input/Output error
> mount : you must specify the filesystem type
> "
>  
> I don't know why it doesn't allow to mount this floppy diskette.
> I can access to this diskette on the Windows system,
> but not in Linux box.
>  
> What about my Linux box?
> Well, it is an Emachine Pentium 4 with 256MB RAM
> there is no other scsi disk or anything except CD-Writer come with.
>  
> I don't have any problem accessing CDROM.
>  
> when I check the file system mounting point /etc/fstab
> I have like this:
>  
> [root@red root]# cat /etc/fstab
> LABEL=/                 /                       ext3    defaults        1 1
> LABEL=/boot             /boot                   ext3    defaults        1 2
> none                    /dev/pts                devpts  gid=5,mode=620  0 0
> LABEL=/home             /home                   ext3    defaults        1 2
> none                    /proc                   proc    defaults        0 0
> none                    /dev/shm                tmpfs   defaults        0 0
> LABEL=/usr              /usr                    ext3    defaults        1 2
> LABEL=/var              /var                    ext3    defaults        1 2
> /dev/hda7               swap                    swap    defaults        0 0
> /dev/cdrom              /mnt/cdrom              iso9660 noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0
> /dev/cdrom1             /mnt/cdrom1             iso9660 noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0
> /dev/fd0                /mnt/floppy             auto    noauto,owner,kudzu 0 0
> [root@red root]#
>  
>  I haven't modified any parameter on this file yet after I installed.
>  
> Any recommendation?
>  
> Thanks in advance.
>  
> Joseph Pitts
> pittspringdale@yahoo.com
> 
> 
> 
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