Yes, this bug effects more than one person. No, I haven't tested a version newer than Intrepid.
Trying: sudo MAKEDEV -v fd0 repeated failures, similar to: ... create fd0u1600 b 2 124 root:floppy 0660 rm: cannot remove `fd0u1600-': Read-only file system mknod: `fd0u1600-': Read-only file system makedev fd0u1600 b 2 124 root floppy 0660: failed rm: cannot remove `fd0u1600-': Read-only file system "makedev" is the function in the /sbin/MAKEDEV script. ls -ld /dev drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 14660 2010-06-18 10:43 /dev/ mount ... udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755) ... sudo touch /dev/test ls -l /dev/test -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2010-06-18 11:56 /dev/test sudo rm -v /dev/test removed `/dev/test' ls -l /sbin/MAKEDEV -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 53290 2010-06-18 11:49 /sbin/MAKEDEV* sudo MAKEDEV -V This is Debian MAKEDEV. For version info, try 'dpkg --list makedev' See /usr/share/doc/makedev/ for more information on Debian MAKEDEV. cat /proc/mounts ... udev /dev tmpfs rw,mode=755 0 0 ... Something about "tmpfs" maybe? This works though: cd sudo MAKEDEV -v fd0 ... sudo mv fd0* /dev James -- "Read-only file system" errors during install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/329792 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
