hi,

is the floppy-disk  "write protected" ?

# LANG=C mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt/
mount: block device /dev/fd0 is write-protected, mounting read-only

-- shrek-m


Florez, Nestor schrieb:
> OK, I can see the floppy now but I can not write to it 
> although I am given the command: 
> mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /media/floppy -o rw
>
> Am I doing it wrong?
>
> Nestor :-)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Florez, Nestor
> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 2:10 PM
> To: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (Tikanga) discussion mailing-list
> Subject: RE: [rhelv5-list] Floppy problem
>
>
> My fstab shows
> /dev/fd0      /media/floppy   auto    exec,noauto             0 0
>
> After doing '#mount -a' to mount the  floppy, this is
> what I get from webmin
> /media/floppy         Unknown Type    Floppy disk 0   No      Yes
>
> Is this the way it should be?
>
> I have a floppy that I wrote a file to in my RHEL 4 and 
> my RHEL 5 machine does not see it.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Néstor :-)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 12:39 PM
> To: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (Tikanga) discussion mailing-list
> Subject: Re: [rhelv5-list] Floppy problem
>
>
> Florez, Nestor schrieb:
>   
>> People,
>>
>> I do not remember if I asked this question(long weekend)
>> but I am having problems getting RHEL 5 to see the floppy
>> diskette on the floppy drive.  My RHEL 4 machine can see the
>> floppy without me having to do anything.
>>
>> How can I make my RHEL 5 see my floppy?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Néstor :-)
>>     
>
> if your /mnt is not in use and it is  /dev/fd0
> # mount  /dev/fd0  /mnt
>
> and umount
> # umount /dev/fd0
>
>   

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