*- On 22 Sep, Jan Schier wrote about "problem when using floppy"
>
> I use autofs to mount floppy. When copying a file to floppy, I get a
> message 'Operation not permitted', but the file is created. Any idea
> what's wrong? - or can you point me to the list archive, please?
>
> Kernel 2.2.10, Debian 2.1, automount 3.1.1 timeout on floppy drive 2 secs,
> /etc/auto.floppy:
> floppy -fstype=vfat,rw,gid=25,umask=002 :/dev/fd0
>
This is a result of linux trying to chmod and chown the file, which is
not supported by vfat. You should add the quiet option to the list of
options above. Read the mount man page for more info.
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Brian
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