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Mount options for msdos
See mount options for fat. If the msdos file system detects an inconsistency, it reports an error and sets the file system read-only. The file system can be made writeable again by remounting it.
You may have the disk formatted as FAT16 rather than FAT32.
Try 'mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /media/floppy'.
Above someone said dos sets to read only when something isn't working right, or close to that - w/out giving an error? And in another post says something about can't read a block - or something like that. So, try fsck - Used to check and repair a filesystem.
fsck is a front end to a filesystem type specific fsck.ext2, fsck.minix, and fsck.msdos.
Syntax: fsck -t type device
Like fsck -t msdos /dev/fd0
This post is still here, so this is a timely reply.
I've noticed that few will help w/floppy problems anymore
So the odds r great that this will benefit someone stuck w/legacy tools, reading through what their search came up with. : ]
Tnx!!
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