What's in your /etc/fstab for /dev/fd0? It should be something like the following:
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy ext2 user,exec,codepage=850,rw,noauto 0 0 In any event, you must have the "rw" in the comma-separated list of options (for "read-write"). Default for /dev/fd* is "ro", i.e. "read-only". E On Fri, 4 Jan 2002, tack wrote: > hmmmm... > > been banging my head against this for a few hours. For some reason, my > linux 2.2.x box thinks that any/all floppies are readonly. I've chmod'd > 777 /dev/fd0 as well as chattr -i'd it. /etc/fstab doesn't say anything > about readonly on that device. I've even doen the obvious and ensured > that the floppies' li'l plastic write protection thingy is in the correct > position. One note: there's a 'b' in the permissions...brwxrwxrwx. > > I need to be able to write floppies on this machine. Any suggestions? > > tack > > ----------------------------------- > "Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos" > - Homer J. Simpson > > > _______________________________________________ > Bits mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.sugoi.org/mailman/listinfo/bits > -- Erik Curiel almost web-engineer/would-be philosopher "The affairs of human beings are not worthy of great seriousness, and yet we must take them seriously." ---Plato, *The Laws* _______________________________________________ Bits mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.sugoi.org/mailman/listinfo/bits
