Quoting Kenneth Scharf ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I wanted to copy a floppy (as an image). So I > inserted a floppy in /dev/fd0 and used dd if=/dev/fd0 > of=./temp > then pop'ed the source diskette out and replaced it > with a blank and used dd if=./temp of=/dev/fd0 > (while root of course :->) > > This works fine, but if in the first move the floppy > was write protected the second command fails with > "write only file system". I couldn't again write to > /dev/fd0 without rebooting. Loging out as root and > loging in again as root won't help. There must be a > way to tell /dev/fd0 to read the damn write protect > switch again!!!!
I've certainly got (I know not how) into a situation where the kernel was convinced all floppies were write-protected even when they weren't. I now have the floppy driver compiled as a module, but am still waiting for this bug to strike again. Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.
