--- Nigel Henry <cave.dnb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thursday 09 November 2006 19:50, charles f. > zeitler wrote: > > --- François Patte > > > > <francois.patte@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > charles f. zeitler a écrit : > > > > trying to mount, mount claims > > > > the device (dev/fd0) is write-protected, > > > > and cant even read the super block. > > > > > > > > trying to format, mkfs is unable to > > > > open /dev/fd0. > > > > > > > > any ideas? > > > > > > Your floppy has its write protection on? > > > > > > -- > > > François Patte > > > UFR de mathématiques et informatique > > > Université René Descartes > > > http://www.math-info.univ-paris5.fr/~patte > > > > i tried it w/ the slide in both positions. > > apparently, its the _drive_ that's write > > protected. > > > > charles f zeitler > > Out of interest what does /dev/fd0 show as > permissions? I've just looked on > FC5, and permissions shows, Owner can read and > write, Group can read and > write, and Others forbidden. Ownership is "User" my > user name, and "Group" > Floppy. > > Which FC version are you using? > > Nigel. on fedora core 6, permissions on my /dev/fd0 are as you have on fc 5. ls -Z on /dev/fd0 gives: brw-rw---- fedora floppy system_u:object_r:removable_device_t charles f zeitler : Do What Thou Wilt : : Shall Be : : The Whole of The Law :
