I ran the line, all I get is "Permission denied". I ran "/etc/fstab" all I get (for all entries) is - "Permission denied". I always run everything as the "root", if this should make any difference. Thanks, Hearthstone. --- "Karsten M. Self" <kmself@ix.netcom.com> wrote: > Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 01:07:59 -0700 > From: "Karsten M. Self" <kmself@ix.netcom.com> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: floppy - permissions? Can't write to > floppy! > > on Fri, Sep 21, 2001 at 12:31:17AM -0700, Mr. Jan > Hearthstone ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > I have Debian potato, and suddenly I couldn't > save > > to floppy (this would happen now and then, but > till > > now I managed to fix it, somehow). I tried > linuxconf > > (both - WindowsX and console mode), but nothing > > worked. After I fiddled with it for a while, I > can't > > even open a floppy anymore. > > It is vital that I can save to floppy, please > help! > > - How are you mounting the floppy? What commands? > As what user? > - What are the permissions on the floppy? > - Is disk write-protected? > - If you're mounting against your fstab, what's > the floppy line in > /etc/fstab? > > I have the following line, which allows user or > group write access, in > /etc/fstab. I've added my standard user to group > 'disk' (not the best > choice of groups, I could screw myself royally here > by writing direct to > disk accidentally): > > /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto > noauto,gid=disk,umask=007,rw,user 2 2 > > Peace. > > -- > Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> > http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ > What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? > Home of the brave > http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ > Land of the free > Free Dmitry! Boycott Adobe! Repeal the DMCA! > http://www.freesklyarov.org > Geek for Hire > http://kmself.home.netcom.com/resume.html >
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