I am using Mdk8.2
I can read a write protected floppy disk.
I cannot read from a write-enabled floppy disk. Nor ls the contents, nor
write to the disk.
This is the line in /etc/fstab :
/mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount
dev=/dev/fd0,fs=vfat,--,user,iocharset=iso8859-15,umask=0,sync,codepage=850
0 0
The floppy mounts ok, but when I try to ls the floppy I get:
ls: floppy/: Input/output error
If I try: less -f /dev/fd0 :
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plus some more stuff. I assume therefore that the hardware is working,
and that the disk is not corrupt (it works on a windows laptop).
If I try and cd into the floppy directory:
bash: cd: floppy/: Input/output error
Can anyone help please?
many thanks
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