| CrazyEccentric  
 
 
 
 
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|  | Posted: Dec. 29 2004,09:45 |  |  
 | Quote (mikshaw @ Dec. 29 2004,01:44) |  | open up a terminal and type 'less /etc/fstab', or use a text editor to open up this file. /etc/fstab contains all of the partitions which were detected by DSL.  There should be lines containing such devices as /dev/hda1, /dev/hda2, /dev/fd0.  These are partitions and drives which can be mounted without additional mount options.  For example, if you have a line containing /dev/fd0, this is your floppy drive.  Typing 'mount /dev/fd0' should mount your floppy as long as there's a readable disk in the drive.
 
 You can also look into the /mnt directory for mountpoints.  These are directories where the devices will be mounted, and are how you will access the devices once they are mounted.
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 OK.... When I type:
 
 mount /dev/fd0   what returns is:
 
 /dev/fd0: Input/output error
 mount: you must specify the filesystem type
 
 and when I typed:
 
 mount /dev/hda
 
 It says that it did mount it.  However I can't find where to go to look at the files.  In your post you said, from what I gather, that I should be able to go to /mnt  and find hda and then I assume I should be able to  type ls  and get a listing of the files that are there, however when I go there, all I can see are:
 
 backup.tar.gz and lost+found
 
 which is not what I know to be in that directory.  Am I doing something wrong or am I misunderstanding what you are telling me?
 
 Thanx for you patience,
 
 Crazy
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