I originally groaned: > I use the following line in my fstab file: > > /dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 msdos rw,user,noauto 0 0 > > Then (as george) I mount the floppy disk thusly: > > sudo mount -t msdos -o owner /dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 > > But when I attempt to write to the floppy, it turns out to be write- > protected. ... snippage ...
> Is this what I should be doing to mount the floppy ? > > sudo mount -t msdos -o george /dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 To which Florian helpfully noted: > You probably forgot to add your user to the "floppy" group. Users in > that group should have read/write access to the device; the "user" > option in your fstab should make it possible to mount without using > sudo. If that does not work you should check the permissions of the > device: > $ ls -l /dev/fd0 > brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 0 2006-05-18 17:18 /dev/fd0 > That's exactly what I get: > ls -l /dev/fd0 > brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 0 2006-06-02 12:01 /dev/fd0 Nevertheless, I scampered over to: http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/109 And attempted to make appropriate corrections, but I soon discovered that george is already a member of the floppy (and sudo, cdrom but not fax) groups. Problemo non solvus ... Don't give up yet - the weekend is still young. Should I be checking the BIOS settings ? I've never encountered a "read-only" setting there ... George Langford -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
