"PaulRS" writes:

>thought adding "disk" and "floppy" to my list under security -> user
>-> details would do the trick

Hmm...

> but I still get the response "Only root
>can do that"

what was the exact command?

What about " mount /media/floppy "
OR " mont /dev/fd0 "

Don't say " mount /dev/fd0 /some/place" # with two arguments

Good luck, Holger

On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:18:15 UTC, Holger Petersen wrote:

> "PaulRS" writes:
>
> >thought adding "disk" and "floppy" to my list under security -> user
> >-> details would do the trick
>
> Hmm...
>
> > but I still get the response "Only root
> >can do that"
>
> what was the exact command?
>
> What about " mount /media/floppy "
> OR " mont /dev/fd0 "
>
> Don't say " mount /dev/fd0 /some/place" # with two arguments
>
> Good luck, Holger
>

Hmmm!
I was using the command

mount /dev/fd0 /media/floppy

I got the "Only root can do that" response - (It does work as "root")

At your advice I tried

mount /media/floppy

This works! Guess I don't understand why the old way does not!
Thanks though for the solution. - Paul

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The carbonbased lifeform PaulRS inspired alt.os.linux.suse with:
> I know this is probably BASIC, but I can't get it to work.
>
> I want to be able to mount a floppy disk as myself (user) not root. I

If the floppy has a FAT fs then you can also use mtools, no need to
mount.

URL : http://mtools.linux.lu/
Summary : Access Files on an MS-DOS File System
Description :
Mtools allows uncomplicated access to an MS-DOS file system on disk
without mounting it. It includes commands for working with MS-DOS
files: mdir, mcd, mcopy, and mformat

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"PaulRS" writes:


>This works! Guess I don't understand why the old way does not!

It never did?

The "mount source destination" with both arguments is reseved for #root'.
If you say "mount /dev/fd0" OR "mount /media/floppy" the system checks
for the keyword " users" in the file "/etc/fstab" and adds the second
parameter IF #users' is found.

Greetings, Holger