Linux Kernel Upgrade:Aftermath Problem
Hello,
After successfully (or so I thought) upgrading my kernel from 2.4.2-2 to 2.4.12 I cannot mount a floppy disk. I am running RedHat 7.1 on a 933 PIII 256mb of RAM. When I right click on the floppy icon when in X and click mount it says "you must specify a filesystem". If I try mounting it from terminal "mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy" it says "you must specify the filesystem". If I try "mount -t iso9660 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy" it says "wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/fd0, or too many mounted filesystems." If I "mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy" it says "fs type msdos not supported by kernel". Thats all the input I have for now, I can mount a cdrom, no problem there.
Many Thanks in Advance..
-Jason
Off the subject of kernels..
I have been looking at the slackware.com and suse.com websites. Slackware looks like it want to be the most "UNIX-Like Linux" distro out there. I don't know "ALOT" about Linux, I know enough to install it and get it online/on a network.
After looking at Suse it's going for the "Suse for the Whole Family!", I want usability, friendlyness, stability, and security in a linux distro. My view of Slack is that I would purchase it and spend a week just getting it installed. After reading a few reviews of it on theregister.co.uk I am impressed with Suse. The Register says that Suse has alot of documentation, almost as much as you would expect from M$. I live in a small town, so unless they get Suse at Wal-Mart I might have to stick with Redhat 7.1 for now.
Any Alternative views accepted....
-Jason