[expert] read-only floppy workaround
Just had a problem where I couldn't write to a floppy -- tried a number of things without luck, and google threads I read indicated hardware problems from those answering; but the OPs did not believe that since their floppy works under other OSs... I dug some more and found a workaround which simply involves rmmod/modprobe floppy... http://bugs.mandrakelinux.com/query.php?bug=98 HTHSomeoneElseAvoidTheHassles Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] read-only floppy workaround
On Monday 17 Nov 2003 7:00 pm, Pierre Fortin wrote: Just had a problem where I couldn't write to a floppy -- tried a number of things without luck, and google threads I read indicated hardware problems from those answering; but the OPs did not believe that since their floppy works under other OSs... I dug some more and found a workaround which simply involves rmmod/modprobe floppy... http://bugs.mandrakelinux.com/query.php?bug=98 HTHSomeoneElseAvoidTheHassles You know what I'm going to say, don't you Pierre? It should be on the TWiki under HardwareIssues. Pretty please? Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] read-only floppy workaround
On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 19:12:03 + Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Monday 17 Nov 2003 7:00 pm, Pierre Fortin wrote: Just had a problem where I couldn't write to a floppy -- tried a number of things without luck, and google threads I read indicated hardware problems from those answering; but the OPs did not believe that since their floppy works under other OSs... I dug some more and found a workaround which simply involves rmmod/modprobe floppy... http://bugs.mandrakelinux.com/query.php?bug=98 HTHSomeoneElseAvoidTheHassles You know what I'm going to say, don't you Pierre? It should be on the TWiki under HardwareIssues. Pretty please? Well... this is not a h/w issue per se... Actually, I think this should be in a WorkArounds section wherein all the entries are noted to be just that: workarounds they are only intended to be used until the root problem is fixed -- in this case, the floppy module, or maybe the kernel itself... This is not a permanent fix. Haven't visited the Twiki in a few weeks; but I'll have a look RSN... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
