Write to floppy?

[cj]

norman wrote:
>>>> When I put a floppy in it opens as read only. I've tried accessing as 
>>>> root and trying to mount it with -w as root. It just won't let me. 
>>>> Anyone know why?
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> Are you sure that the little tab on the floppy has not been set to read
>>> only? If it has, slide it up or down which ever the case may be.
>>>
>>> Norman
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>>>       
>> norman, if he has the tab set to allow reading and writing, you still 
>> have ubuntu to deal with as it, for some reason, allows only the root 
>> user to write to teh floppy
>>     
>
> I must admit it is a long time since I used a floppy but, if you want, I
> will try to find one and see what happens. However, I am convinced that
> floppies are easily mounted and used.
>
> Norman
>
>
>   
right..you just have to access them with root permissions to write to 
them. otherwise you can only read
--cj