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Mounting the Floppy Drive

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First post, by JPV511

Posted on 2011-06-06, 07:43

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I have used the following command to mount my floppy drive: mount a a:\ -t floppy.

Whenever I do this and there is a floppy (usually an installation disk) in the drive, the floppy becomes corrupted thereafter. What is happening to it? This happened recently with Mech Brigade and Magic Candle. Fortunately I had previously backed them up on my hdd!

Of course, when I mount the a: drive without any disks inserted, it won't mount.

Reply 1 of 4, by wd

Posted on 2011-06-06, 09:06

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I don't see how the floppy could become corrupt if you just mount it, there are only read operations done (same as when mounting a directory).

Reply 2 of 4, by JPV511

Posted on 2011-06-07, 06:00

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Am I supposed to be able to mount the a: drive without a floppy disk in it?

Reply 3 of 4, by wd

Posted on 2011-06-07, 06:28

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No, first of all you are supposed to mount a directory that contains the files of the floppy, using the -t floppy type.
But nevertheless if you just mount a floppy drive with a floppy in it (my first posting) there is no way that
contents can get corrupted, so you did more than that without stating it.

Reply 4 of 4, by VileR

Posted on 2011-06-08, 04:02

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Easiest way to test this would be to write-protect the floppy... something that should be done by default on all installation disks anyway.

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