Re: Can only mount /dev/fd0 read-only?!

["Jason Hackney" <jshackney@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

The required stuff...

-> The power/data cables are all plugged in (I was just inside the case the 
other day)
-> The floppy is not write-protected (I am however occassionally guilty of 
this so I won't be too offended :-)
-> Access Methods:
  1) mount /dev/fd0 /floppy (this has worked fine until now)
  2) kfloppy (KDE) Since I am not at my computer today,
     I can't remember the exact error message.
  3) During the SuSE install process (when making a boot disk)
     I am told that the disk drive cannot be accessed (or
     something to that effect) and I cannot create a boot disk.
I have only two users (public and root). Since it is only running on a 
single desktop at the moment and I am the only one who needs access to the 
machine until school starts in the fall.  That's probably irrelevant anyway.

What I was trying to do was tar and bzip a few personal files and archive 
them to a floppy because I upgraded from one 850M hard disc to two 6.8G 
discs.  Archival worked fine until I tried to copy the final file to my 
diskette.  When I mounted the diskette I got an error to the effect of 
~...mounting Read-Only...~ I can't remember the exact wording but it was 
only a single line.  I thought it had something to do with permissions, but 
I couldn't find anything strange.  I tried both as public and root and 
neither worked.  So I just reinstalled everything (the stuff I lost wasn't 
terribly critical anyway) and I still can't gain write access to the floppy. 
  So I'm on vacation for the weekend and I'll mess with it tomorrow.

Some other notes:

I looked at the fstab file, but didn't bother to write any of the info. 
down.  I'll get back with that Monday.  Same with the error message.

>
And your diskette has enough free space for the file(s) you
are trying to copy to it, right?  (you're sure, right? :)
>

I tried to format the disk initially with kfloppy, then tried mounting it 
from the command line.

Yes, I am trying to copy.  Problem is, I can't get that far.  Will only 
mount read-only.

thanks again,

Jason


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