mount tool not reading drive!

[JunkYard]

Hello again!

I have just plugged in a floppy drive. on the windows partision it reads it. However the mount tool in tiny core dose not

[Rich]

Hi JunkYard
First see if the system detected the floppy:

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grep '/dev/fd' /etc/fstabIf grep doesn't give a response, then do this:

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sudo modprobe floppy
sudo rebuildfstab
grep '/dev/fd' /etc/fstabGrep should print something like this:

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/dev/fd0 /mnt/fd0 auto noauto,users,exec,umask=000 0 0 # Added by TCIf you get that response, start the mount tool.
It should now have a button labeled  fd0.
Insert a formatted floppy disk and click the  fd0  button.

[JunkYard]

Hi JunkYard
First see if the system detected the floppy:

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grep '/dev/fd' /etc/fstabIf grep doesn't give a response, then do this:

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sudo modprobe floppy
sudo rebuildfstab
grep '/dev/fd' /etc/fstabGrep should print something like this:

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/dev/fd0 /mnt/fd0 auto noauto,users,exec,umask=000 0 0 # Added by TCIf you get that response, start the mount tool.
It should now have a button labeled  fd0.
Insert a formatted floppy disk and click the  fd0  button.

I followed bough of those commands; bud sadly bough say no such directory

[StelaHong]

I'd also check the boot messages with dmesg to see if there's a more specific error before changing too many things. On Tiny Core it's often something simple like a missing extension, firmware, or a boot parameter. Posting the exact error output usually makes it much easier for others to pinpoint the cause.