Write to floppy?

[cj]

larry shields wrote:
> cj wrote:
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>> norman wrote:
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>>>>>> 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?
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>>>>> 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
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>>> 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
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>> right..you just have to access them with root permissions to write to 
>> them. otherwise you can only read
>> --cj
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> Try mounting the floppy, like this...
> Mount /media/floppy0, then cd /media/floppy0, you then should see the 
> prompt say norman at whatever:/media/floppy0 your floppy drives LED should 
> light up...
>
> The do an 'ls' to list the files, now too write to the floppy you have 
> to be root...
>
> Hope this helps you...
>
> Larry
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right..also note that teh floppy should be first inserted before 
mounting, otherwise its gonna panic and not mount the drive

--cj