On Mon, Mar 01, 2004 at 01:33:52PM +0000, Robin Green wrote: > Our clients are using LTSP 3 and if they use a floppy disc with > corrupted sectors in a client machine, the MToolsFM tool reports > a "permission denied". That's OK, bit of a confusing error message, > but we can deal with it. > > However, after inserting a bad disk, the machine then refuses > to read any more discs until it is rebooted. Then it works again. > It seems that when it hits a corrupted disc, it neglects to release > a lock. > > Is there is a fix for this, or will I have to code one myself? > -- > Robin
I have been having this same problem. I posted to the list a number of weeks ago, but didn't get any responses. So far the only way I have been able to get around this problem is to setup a local shell on ttyv1 then ctrl-alt-F2 and `rm /tmp/-+dev-+floppy-+0'. I have been doing some research on (E)NBD and it looks as if they are getting things wrapped up as far as support for removable media. I'm in the process of getting ENBD up and running. floppyd and mtoolsfm work, but leave much to be desired - notwithstanding the buggyness. I'll report back to the list about my experiences with ENBD. Is anyone else using ENBD with success right now? Nathan -- gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys D8527E49
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