Ralph,
mcopy can't find the file either.
And I know the floppy is ok because I can
reboot the system and it works ok. Very
strange problem.
Thanks,
Steve
At 05:59 PM 1/24/00 -0800, you wrote:
>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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>> Stephen A. Brenner - Oregon Public Networking - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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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
>>> >
>>>
>>
>
