[ale] fd0 perm problems

[Unix Guru Dude]

}  Maybe it's just me, but it sounded like you were given the
}  correct answer.  If the floppy was write protected when it
}  was mounted, then it was mounted read-only.  In order to
}  write to the floppy it needed to be unmounted and remounted
}  as a read-writable media.  Any chance?
}
}  Maybe not.

Read my posting again.  I said, I did NOT MOUNT the floppy.  It is not
mounted.  Here are the steps:

1. Put write protected floppy in drive fd0.
2. Execute 'tar -czvf /dev/hd01440 /home/foo'
3. Get appropriate 'write protected error'
4. Take floppy out of drive.
5. Make floppy writeable, ie, 'shut little window on floppy.'
6. Put 'writeable' floppy in drive fd0.
7. Execute 'tar -czvf /dev/hd01440 /home/foo'
8. Still get write protected error on now writable floppy.

Am I missing something??

}
}
}On Thu, 4 Apr 1996, MYERS wrote:
}
}> I had posted a problem with my floppy device and write protected floppies.
}> I guess I should have been more specific.  I'm not mounting the floppy, I'm
}> tar'ing directly to it, as in:
}> 
}> tar -czvf /dev/hd0h1440 /home/foo
}> 
}> When I do this to a write protected disk, I get an error I expect.  I then
}> pull the floppy out, correct the problem and I still get the write error.
}> I can even put in a different floppy and I get the same error.  Not that
}> this makes any difference between writing to a mounted floppy and just writing
}> to the floppy...  Now, anybody seen this?  Again, the only resolution is to
}> reboot.  Pretty drastic huh?
}> 
}> 
}>        Until later,       attmail!gamyers      ph  404.810.3250
}>        Geoffrey Myers                          fax 404.810.2487
}> 
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}> 
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