ah...no rw in thet thar entry...I can just edit that with an editor? or is there a management app....I'm assuming I can just edit the bugger.
thanks tack On Fri, 4 Jan 2002, Erik Curiel wrote: > > 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 > > > > -- ------------------------------------------ "Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos" - Homer J. Simpson _______________________________________________ Bits mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.sugoi.org/mailman/listinfo/bits
