Yah, even I use vi for editing fstab. Emacs is overkill.
E On Fri, 4 Jan 2002, tack wrote: > 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 > > > > > > > > > -- 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
