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    SOLVED Lost floppy in upgrade to 11.04

    Cannot mount floppy (sudo mount /media/floppy0) after upgrade from 10.10 to 11.04.
    fstab is the same: dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,noauto,user,exec 0 0
    Have tried changing auto to ext2,ext3,msdos,vfat with no luck. Help appreciated!
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    #2
    Re: Lost floppy in upgrade to 11.04

    The drive designation for the floppy has most certainly changed from /dev/fd0 to /dev/sdx (where x is some letter). Open a console and run:
    Code:
    sudo blkid -c /dev/null
    Look for the floppy drive and note the /dev/ designation and change your fstab entry accordingly.
    Windows no longer obstructs my view.
    Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
    "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes​
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      #3
      Re: Lost floppy in upgrade to 11.04

      Thanks Snowhog.
      sudo blkid -c /dev/null only shows my mounted partitions, but not the floppy because I have not mounted it. Tried /dev/sdc which seems to be the only one that exists in /dev/ but it did not work. Other ideas please.
      Cheers, Krister
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        #4
        Re: Lost floppy in upgrade to 11.04

        Originally posted by hallergard

        Other ideas please.

        Code:
        sudo modprobe floppy
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          #5
          Re: Lost floppy in upgrade to 11.04

          Is the floppy 'internal' or USB? If USB, connect it, and reboot. Then open a console and type:
          Code:
          sudo fdisk -l
          Again, note the /dev/sdx designation of the floppy drive.
          Windows no longer obstructs my view.
          Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
          "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes​
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            #6
            Re: Lost floppy in upgrade to 11.04

            Thank you guys, but none of your suggestions work for me. The floppy is "internal".
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              #7
              Re: Lost floppy in upgrade to 11.04

              Does lsmod show the floppy module loaded? As I recall, the floppy kernel module was disabled from automatically loading some years ago, so you have to load it manually.

              http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3098408.0
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                #8
                Re: Lost floppy in upgrade to 11.04

                lsmod shows this: floppy 74120 0 Does that mean loaded?

                root@DESKTOP:/# modinfo floppy
                filename: /lib/modules/2.6.38-8-generic/kernel/drivers/block/floppy.ko
                alias: block-major-2-*
                license: GPL
                author: Alain L. Knaff
                srcversion: BAC81500F179C55FBB64F93
                alias: acpi*:PNP0700:*
                alias: pnp:dPNP0700*
                depends:
                vermagic: 2.6.38-8-generic SMP mod_unload modversions
                parm: floppy:charp
                parm: FLOPPY_IRQ:int
                parm: FLOPPY_DMA:int

                Does block mean that it is blocked??
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                  #9
                  Re: Lost floppy in upgrade to 11.04

                  Insert a floppy diskette. Open a console and type:
                  Code:
                  sudo fdisk -l
                  Copy and paste the output in your reply.
                  While still in the console, type:
                  Code:
                  sudo blkid -c /dev/null
                  Copy and paste the ouput in your reply,
                  Windows no longer obstructs my view.
                  Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
                  "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes​
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                    #10
                    Re: Lost floppy in upgrade to 11.04

                    Thanks, Snowhog

                    krister@DESKTOP:~$ sudo fdisk -l

                    Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
                    255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders
                    Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
                    Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
                    I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
                    Disk identifier: 0x00003a38

                    Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
                    /dev/sda1 * 2 1681 13494600 83 Linux
                    /dev/sda2 1682 3361 13494600 83 Linux
                    /dev/sda3 3362 5041 13494600 83 Linux
                    /dev/sda4 10162 60800 406757767+ 7 HPFS/NTFS

                    Disk /dev/sdb: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
                    240 heads, 63 sectors/track, 129201 cylinders
                    Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 = 7741440 bytes
                    Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
                    I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
                    Disk identifier: 0x00007470

                    Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
                    /dev/sdb1 1 94798 716672848+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
                    /dev/sdb2 108109 122060 105477120 7 HPFS/NTFS
                    /dev/sdb3 125631 127415 13494600 83 Linux
                    /dev/sdb4 * 127416 129200 13494600 83 Linux

                    krister@DESKTOP:~$ sudo blkid -c /dev/null
                    /dev/sda1: LABEL="Su64 d0p1" UUID="11ea3046-6a4e-4b4a-930c-0083dd7fad29" TYPE="ext3"
                    /dev/sda2: LABEL="Ma64 d0p2" UUID="1fbcee0f-7347-4858-b8dc-b552c3c38935" TYPE="ext3"
                    /dev/sda3: LABEL="Ku64 d0p3" UUID="aeab3769-c064-46ce-a694-1a90f55f00c8" TYPE="ext3"
                    /dev/sda4: LABEL="NTFS 400GB" UUID="68A81815A817DFFC" TYPE="ntfs"
                    /dev/sdb1: LABEL="Win7 700GB" UUID="9C9A2BEE9A2BC39C" TYPE="ntfs"
                    /dev/sdb2: LABEL="XPBK 100GB" UUID="F0ECDAD3ECDA9368" TYPE="ntfs"
                    /dev/sdb3: LABEL="Fe32 d1p3" UUID="6c025f58-cf4f-40a2-b739-10ae7a6d3c69" TYPE="ext3"
                    /dev/sdb4: LABEL="Ku32 d1p4" UUID="96ab6c92-0360-4570-abe2-4f94b4d8d120" TYPE="ext3"


                    Cheers, Krister
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                      #11
                      Re: Lost floppy in upgrade to 11.04

                      Decided to try to format a floppy: mke2fs /dev/fd0
                      It worked! Decided to try to mount it: /mount /media/floppy -a
                      It worked! Decided to copy a file to the floppy - It worked!
                      While still mounted I tried blkid and fdisk -s - no sign of the floppy.

                      Why did it not work before?? Tried various floppies before, mostly fat
                      but some were ext2. Now I try mounting these: Cannot unmount
                      the floppy. ls /media/floppy shows the same file as above, despite
                      a different floppy and different file systems. Strange.
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                        #12
                        Re: Lost floppy in upgrade to 11.04

                        Turned out that the file was never copied to the floppy, but to /media/floppy on the hard disk. But the formatting seemed very genuine. Something has changed in this respect with the newer kernels.
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                          #13
                          Re: Lost floppy in upgrade to 11.04

                          Found the solution! Change in /etc/fstab from "/dev/fd0" to "/dev/fd0u1440" (the only type I use)
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                            #14
                            Re: SOLVED Lost floppy in upgrade to 11.04

                            How weird. Your mounted floppy drive is actually gets identified as /dev/fd0u1440 - really?
                            Windows no longer obstructs my view.
                            Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
                            "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes​
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                              #15
                              Re: SOLVED Lost floppy in upgrade to 11.04

                              Yes
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