I sometimes have a problem like that with Windows98--it might be
hardware related. But never with RedHat. What happens when you
access the floppy without mounting it, using mcopy, mdel, and mdir?
At 01:58 PM 1/24/00 -0800, "Stephen A. Brenner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi Ralph,
>
>I tried mmount, with the same results as before. It just refuses
>to update for the contents of the floppy.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Steve
>
>
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>On Mon, 24 Jan 2000, Ralph Zeller wrote:
>
>> I haven't had the problem you describe, but I'd recommend using the
>> mtools suite for reading and writing with floppy disks.
>>
>> At 11:23 AM 1/24/00 -0800, Stephen Brenner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >I'm using SUSE 6.3, and recently after initial bootup the floppy mounting
>> >will work fine, but when I try to umount and then mount a new floppy (even
>> >in new mount points) I end up with the same listing from the previous
>> >floppy. Only a reboot will get it working right again (and only for a few
>> >times).
>> >
>> >I'm using the following syntax:
>> >
>> >
>> >mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy (or wherever)
>> >
>> >and
>> >
>> >umount /mnt/floppy (or wherever)
>> >
>> >
>> >Has anyone else run into this?
>> >
>> >Thanks,
>> >
>> >Steve
>> >
>>
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