Try removing the disk, then as root:
umount -f /floppy
(if you get any busy messages, get rid of the offending processes)
And then everything might be back to normal (quirk with linux)
Checking your / filesystem may help as well (e2fsck or reiserfsck or other).
Does that work?
pesarif
On Sun, 30 Jun 2002 21:53, Azrael wrote:
> 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 :
>
>
> -- �t"�^N�^G^@�^P��3��6^X|�^V;|3��6^Z^V*|�9|ô^B^V9|�^F��
> 6;|��
> ^V�}
> 6*|�^S�
> Non-System disk or disk error
> Replace and strike any key when ready
> ^@
> Disk Boot failure
> ^@IBMBIO COMIBMDOS
> COM^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@U����^C@^@^E`^@^G^@
> ^@^K�^@^M�^@^O^@^A^Q ^A^S@^A^U`^A^W^A^Y ^AESC�^A^]�^A^_^@^B!
> ^B#@^B%`^B'^B) ^B+�^B
> -�^B/^@^C1 ^C3@^C5`^C7^C9 ^C;�^C=�^C?^@^DA
> ^DC@^DE`^DG^DI ^DK�^DM�^DO^@^EQ ^ES@^EU
> `^EW^EY ^E[�^E]�^E_^@^Fa ^Fc@^Fe`^Fg^Fi ^Fk�^Fm�^Fo^@^Gq
> ^Gs@^Gu`^Gw^Gy ^G{�^G}�^G
> ^@^I @ ` � � ^@
> �
> �@
> �`
>
> 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
>
> -- Azrael
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