> This means either the directory specified does not exist or the 
> device/partition does not - note you cannot mount a flopyy whithout a disk in 
> it.
>
No, they both exist.  Using AMD does not work either.  Here's the 
appropriate line from amd.drives:
floppy	dev:=/dev/fd0a:type:=pcfs;opts:=rw,nosuid,nodev

Thanks,
Yasur