Hello, I frequently store some files on a floppy. Thus my fstab contains /dev/fd0 /floppy msdos rw,noauto 0 0 This usually allows me to write on the floppy. Sometimes I insert a floppy that's writeprotected. If I forget to mount it readonly explicitly (-r) the system thinks it is writeable. If the floppy is unmounted without any attempts to write to the floppy there is no problem. The problem starts if I forget to mention -r. After attempting to unmount the floppy the system starts to I bark at the console. It prevents the floppy from being unmounted. After shutdown is issued the system insists that the floppy must be unmounted _before_ any other filesystem (/, /var, /usr) is unmounted. But since it also prevents the floppy from being unmounted it also prevents the other filesystems from being unmounted. They will be fscked on the next boot. I think this situation is better solved in Linux. Why not mount the floppy implicitly readonly if it is writeprotected?
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