Solution to mounting internal floppy drive Linux Mint Nadia:

[Brahim]

If I receive this error msg in Linux Mint 14, codename (Nadia) ''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'' it means that the floppy driver is loaded as a module. You can blacklist this module so it doesn't get loaded:

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echo "blacklist floppy" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-floppy.conf
sudo rmmod floppy
sudo update-initramfs -u

That's it man!!!

[simes549]

Thanks so much. Since I don't have a floppy drive, this was really driving me nuts with Nadia.

[jepsr]

Thanks Brahim...this solution worked for me too! Error message had been driving me crazy.

[Skara Brae]

[bump], if I may.

My new PC - running "Nadia" since a few weeks - too shows the "Unable to mount floppy disk" after logging in. Following Brahim's tip, I however get the error that the "Module floppy does not exist in /proc/modules".

What now?

[Orbmiser]

Did you try and disable and turn off the floppy in Bios?
and then won't even be listed when devices are polled.
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[Skara Brae]

Another [bump].

The BIOS shows no "disabling" any floppy drive. It does show this external USB floppy drive/CF/SD drive that I have. That is probably not the cause of that error.

My fstab file has a reference to /dev/sde - a floppy drive (Gee, I can't remember such "technical" Linux stuff, I'll have to look into this fstab thing again). I bet (or maybe not) that's the cause.

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Edit: Well, putting a # in front of the /dev/sde line in my fstab file didn't work; it gave me another error about the floppy drive.

[oxman]

I want to track this thread. I am unable to mount my floppy drive. I get the message also but do not know how to interpret it. My floppy is enabled in the bios. Any help is appreciated. Linuxmint 14 Mate

[Orbmiser]

I am unable to mount my floppy drive

Is that with a formatted floppy inside the drive?
As believe it won't mount unless their is one in drive?

Not positive and just guessing here.
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[DrHu]

You can make a mount point if the floppy device is not available, from the /etc/fstab file
http://home.ubalt.edu/abento/linux/terminal/mount.html

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mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy

--typical mount command from a terminal

Expect most floppies (diskettes) to be FAT formatted, they usually came that way, unless you changed it to use a Linux file format, however FAT is more universal for that device/media

[i.r.id10t]

You can make a mount point if the floppy device is not available, from the /etc/fstab file
http://home.ubalt.edu/abento/linux/terminal/mount.html

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mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy

--typical mount command from a terminal

Expect most floppies (diskettes) to be FAT formatted, they usually came that way, unless you changed it to use a Linux file format, however FAT is more universal for that device/media

If you use gkrellm or some other "click to mount" you can edit your /etc/fstab file

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/dev/fd0      /mnt/floppy      msdos      noauto,user      0      0     
     


Then for your script or command you don't need to run it with sticky bit or play with permissions