makebootdisk trouble

rayandrews · 01-09-2011, 01:36 PM

Hi All,

When I try 'makebootdisk' and get to the 'format' stage, it tells me:
"The attempt to format the floppy disk in /dev/fd0 has failed ..."
The disk is fine, and can be read from, but the above msg. shows up instantly -- the light on the drive doesn't even come on. I'd expect this to be a routine problem but I can't find any solutions either here or on the web.
Thoughts?

kbp · 01-09-2011, 08:55 PM

Formatting may attempt to unmount the floppy first, are you viewing the floppy disk in any window or console ? ... try 'lsof' to see if there are any files open on /dev/fd0

jefro · 01-10-2011, 04:31 PM

Did you mount the floppy first? I don't think it should be mounted.