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Topic: How to mount a floppy in order to store screenshots on a unbootable sy

On an unbootable system grub ( in command mode) does not see the disks and partitions Gparted sees? Have taken some screenshots with the livecd Gparted 0.3.4-8 , the system says the screenshots are in /root  . ( which /root ? in any case not on a CD-ROM) .
While trying to mount a floppy in order to save the screens , the system says "special device /dev/fd0 does NOT exist ".

Anybody any ideas how to extract those screen-shots from that black-hole ?

Tanxallot in advance.
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Re: How to mount a floppy in order to store screenshots on a unbootable sy

To mount the floppy:

mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy

The /root with the screenshots is in the RAM, so they disappear when we shut down the system.

*** It is highly recommended to backup any important files before doing resize/move operations. ***

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Re: How to mount a floppy in order to store screenshots on a unbootable sy

Thanks class143 : but this is just the command which does give the reply :special device /dev/fd0 does not exist  ?
I can't give you a screen-shot of the fstab ( because...) but I' ll type it over (+-)
cat /etc/fstab -->
"attention this is the fstab on the Livecd "
"please edit the Fstab at /mnt/gent00/etc/fstab
  tmpfs   /  tmpfs defaults  0  0
tmpfs    /lib/firmware    tmpfs defaults   0  0
tmpfs  /usr/portage      tmpfs  defaults 0 0
/dev/fdo  /mnt/floppy   auto noauto 0 0
--------------------end of fstab ----------------------------------------- 
When I enter cd  /mnt/gent00  in order to study the fstab there I get :
bash: cd : /mnt/gent00   no such file or dir
maybe gentoo  will do ? ( can't they avoid putting zeroes or o's in critical filenames )
cd /mnt/gentoo    : this works  youpie !
I give then : ls -al   which renders  the dirs . and ..   ( no etc inhere ?? )
Help !!


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