[Bug 899803] [NEW] won't mount usb floppy

[Edward]

Public bug reported:

I just got a teac usb external floppy drive and it won't mount. I looked
a little bit on forums and will continue to look, and I have tried the
below in terminal so far.


edward at SelfmadeDesktop:~$ sudo gedit /etc/modules
[sudo] password for edward: 
edward at SelfmadeDesktop:~$ cd /media
edward at SelfmadeDesktop:/media$ dir
ATTACHE\ FLASH\ DRIVE  floppy  floppy0	Transcend  VirtualMachines-13.7GB
edward at SelfmadeDesktop:/media$ sudo mount -t vfat /dev/sdc /media/floppy -o uid=1000
mount: /dev/sdc already mounted or /media/floppy busy
edward at SelfmadeDesktop:/media$ dir
ATTACHE\ FLASH\ DRIVE  floppy  floppy0	Transcend  VirtualMachines-13.7GB
edward at SelfmadeDesktop:/media$ cd floppy
edward at SelfmadeDesktop:/media/floppy$ dir
edward at SelfmadeDesktop:/media/floppy$ cd ..
edward at SelfmadeDesktop:/media$ sudo rmdir floppy
rmdir: failed to remove `floppy': Not a directory
edward at SelfmadeDesktop:/media$ sudo umount /dev/sdc
umount: /dev/sdc: not mounted
edward at SelfmadeDesktop:/media$ sudo mount -t vfat /dev/sdc /media/floppy -o uid=1000
mount: /dev/sdc already mounted or /media/floppy busy
edward at SelfmadeDesktop:/media$ sudo umount /dev/sdc
umount: /dev/sdc: not mounted
edward at SelfmadeDesktop:/media$

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: mount 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.10.10.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-31.62-generic 2.6.35.13
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-31-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Dec  3 20:19:19 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: util-linux

** Affects: util-linux (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug maverick

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Title:
  won't mount usb floppy

Status in “util-linux” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I just got a teac usb external floppy drive and it won't mount. I
  looked a little bit on forums and will continue to look, and I have
  tried the below in terminal so far.


  edward at SelfmadeDesktop:~$ sudo gedit /etc/modules
  [sudo] password for edward: 
  edward at SelfmadeDesktop:~$ cd /media
  edward at SelfmadeDesktop:/media$ dir
  ATTACHE\ FLASH\ DRIVE  floppy  floppy0	Transcend  VirtualMachines-13.7GB
  edward at SelfmadeDesktop:/media$ sudo mount -t vfat /dev/sdc /media/floppy -o uid=1000
  mount: /dev/sdc already mounted or /media/floppy busy
  edward at SelfmadeDesktop:/media$ dir
  ATTACHE\ FLASH\ DRIVE  floppy  floppy0	Transcend  VirtualMachines-13.7GB
  edward at SelfmadeDesktop:/media$ cd floppy
  edward at SelfmadeDesktop:/media/floppy$ dir
  edward at SelfmadeDesktop:/media/floppy$ cd ..
  edward at SelfmadeDesktop:/media$ sudo rmdir floppy
  rmdir: failed to remove `floppy': Not a directory
  edward at SelfmadeDesktop:/media$ sudo umount /dev/sdc
  umount: /dev/sdc: not mounted
  edward at SelfmadeDesktop:/media$ sudo mount -t vfat /dev/sdc /media/floppy -o uid=1000
  mount: /dev/sdc already mounted or /media/floppy busy
  edward at SelfmadeDesktop:/media$ sudo umount /dev/sdc
  umount: /dev/sdc: not mounted
  edward at SelfmadeDesktop:/media$

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
  Package: mount 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.10.10.2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-31.62-generic 2.6.35.13
  Uname: Linux 2.6.35-31-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sat Dec  3 20:19:19 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: util-linux

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