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I've got a problem that my floppy is recognized as read-only, even though the 'puter formatted it (DOS). This is in Slackware 9. 1, with Gnome desktop. Kernal is (I think) 2. 4. 1, it's not the one that's just coming out I know the floppy drive pysically works, 'cause it did under the previous OS setup I had on the ...
I've got a problem that my floppy is recognized as read-only, even though the 'puter formatted it (DOS). This is in Slackware 9.1, with Gnome desktop. Kernal is (I think) 2.4.1, it's not the one that's just coming out
I know the floppy drive pysically works, 'cause it did under the previous OS setup I had on the 'puter - a dual-boot Win 2K/Suse 9.1. I went to Slack for faster speed, and have not been disappointed.
I've looked at /etc/fstab & /etc/mtab and it seems the floppy is listed correctly. I get an 'invalid parameters' message when I try to drag-n-drop onto the floppy desktop icon. I am 'root' on this 'puter - no other users, it's my learn-Linux computer...
And yes, the floppy tab is in the r-w position (grin).
In fstab, the line for the floppy reads:
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,owner 0 0
In mtab, the line for the floppy reads:
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy umsdos rw,nosuid,nodev 0 0
Can anyone help me with this? It would be VERY useful to be able to write
to floppy!
Also, I'd like to find a way to use the 'supermount' feature, where the floppy/CD is mounted on insertion, a la Mac.
If you would be ULTRA kind, and e-forward any replied to my email: jhecht@ix.netcom.com - I'm searching a lot of forums try to fix this bug.
TIA for your help!
I know the floppy drive pysically works, 'cause it did under the previous OS setup I had on the 'puter - a dual-boot Win 2K/Suse 9.1. I went to Slack for faster speed, and have not been disappointed.
I've looked at /etc/fstab & /etc/mtab and it seems the floppy is listed correctly. I get an 'invalid parameters' message when I try to drag-n-drop onto the floppy desktop icon. I am 'root' on this 'puter - no other users, it's my learn-Linux computer...
And yes, the floppy tab is in the r-w position (grin).
In fstab, the line for the floppy reads:
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,owner 0 0
In mtab, the line for the floppy reads:
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy umsdos rw,nosuid,nodev 0 0
Can anyone help me with this? It would be VERY useful to be able to write
to floppy!
Also, I'd like to find a way to use the 'supermount' feature, where the floppy/CD is mounted on insertion, a la Mac.
If you would be ULTRA kind, and e-forward any replied to my email: jhecht@ix.netcom.com - I'm searching a lot of forums try to fix this bug.
TIA for your help!
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hi
i've re-read your first line (I've got a problem that my floppy is recognized as read-only, even though the 'puter formatted it (DOS). ) and i'm assuming it is the disk that seems to be read-only. if you have formatted the disk in DOS you can't just drag and drop to copy Linux files to a different filesystem. try starting a terminal and use the "m" tools.
for example move yourself to a directory with a file you want to copy to the floppy and type in
mcopy filename a:
you can also use this to copy files from DOS-formatted disks
hope this is what you were referring to..
richo
i've re-read your first line (I've got a problem that my floppy is recognized as read-only, even though the 'puter formatted it (DOS). ) and i'm assuming it is the disk that seems to be read-only. if you have formatted the disk in DOS you can't just drag and drop to copy Linux files to a different filesystem. try starting a terminal and use the "m" tools.
for example move yourself to a directory with a file you want to copy to the floppy and type in
mcopy filename a:
you can also use this to copy files from DOS-formatted disks
hope this is what you were referring to..
richo
