Re: RE- floppy=thinkpad mount/umount

1997-10-08 Thread frank
i have tried several versins . The only way I can get the floppy to mount/umount in rw mode is to have the entry in /etc/fstab as outlined below without "noauto" . and insert the floppy just after the boot starts. that way the floppy is mounted as rw . and I can umount and use "mount -a" to mount

Re: RE- floppy=thinkpad mount/umount

1997-10-08 Thread Carey Evans
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > "/dev/fd0 /floppy msdos defaults" > > If i do not insert a floppy during boot, it will error > out and eventually timeout the floppy, making the device > READ-ONLY on subsequent "mount -a" . It's obvious to me now, but I suppose not really poi

RE- floppy=thinkpad mount/umount

1997-10-07 Thread frank
Thank s Carey, the magic word is > append="floppy=thinkpad" in lilo.conf this works ONLY if I have in /etc/fstab "/dev/fd0 /floppy msdos defaults" If i do not insert a floppy during boot, it will error out and eventually timeout the floppy, making the device READ-ON

Re: re- floppy=thinkpad

1997-10-07 Thread Carey Evans
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Problem : > The suggestion to put "floppy=thinkpad" > into the lilo.conf did not work. My lilo.conf looks like the following. I have a non-standard CD-ROM (a Sony CDU-33A), so put the command for the non-standard floppy in the same place. boot=/dev/hda1 root=/dev/hda

re- floppy=thinkpad

1997-10-06 Thread frank
Problem : The suggestion to put "floppy=thinkpad" into the lilo.conf did not work. I notice there is a /proc/cmdline which seems to get built each boot time. Do you know what creates this ? Thinking of placing the "floppy=thinkpad" line where that would be anticipating it will be used at boot t