Unable to mount Floppy Disk
by grumpyskeptic from LinuxQuestions.org on (#4VBAR)
I am using Linux Mint 17.3 Rosa Cinnamon. The computer is a Dell Dimension 5150.
When I put a floppy disk in the floppy disk drive its small green light lights up. But when I click on its icon in Nemo 2.8.7 file manager, I get a pop-up error message:
"Unable to mount Floppy Disk
Error mounting system-managed device /dev/fd0: Command-line `mount "/media/floppy0"' exited with non-zero exit status 32: mount: /dev/fd0 is not a valid block device".
When I remove the floppy disk and click on the floppy drive icon again I get another pop-up:
"Unable to mount Floppy Disk
An operation is already pending"
A long time later I got another pop-up:
"Unable to mount Floppy Disk
Timeout was reached"
The floppy disk is not actually physically floppy but it a standard plastic-encased 3 1/2 inch wide disk. The text on it says: "KAO MF2HD Double Sided 2 MB Capacity".
I have tried it with two other floppy disks also, same result. One of them makes more noise but still never mounts the drive. All the disks are around 20 years old. Two of them are commercial software disks that were enclosed within a book, the above disk looks like a copy of the same.
What is wrong? Could it be:
a) software not functioning correctly?
b) drive not working or heads dusty/dirty?
c) that the magnetic signal on the disk has faded over 20 years?
Thanks.
When I put a floppy disk in the floppy disk drive its small green light lights up. But when I click on its icon in Nemo 2.8.7 file manager, I get a pop-up error message:
"Unable to mount Floppy Disk
Error mounting system-managed device /dev/fd0: Command-line `mount "/media/floppy0"' exited with non-zero exit status 32: mount: /dev/fd0 is not a valid block device".
When I remove the floppy disk and click on the floppy drive icon again I get another pop-up:
"Unable to mount Floppy Disk
An operation is already pending"
A long time later I got another pop-up:
"Unable to mount Floppy Disk
Timeout was reached"
The floppy disk is not actually physically floppy but it a standard plastic-encased 3 1/2 inch wide disk. The text on it says: "KAO MF2HD Double Sided 2 MB Capacity".
I have tried it with two other floppy disks also, same result. One of them makes more noise but still never mounts the drive. All the disks are around 20 years old. Two of them are commercial software disks that were enclosed within a book, the above disk looks like a copy of the same.
What is wrong? Could it be:
a) software not functioning correctly?
b) drive not working or heads dusty/dirty?
c) that the magnetic signal on the disk has faded over 20 years?
Thanks.