problems writing to the floppy drive

tomerm · 09-09-2003, 01:57 PM

hi,
I've recently installed Suse 8.2. I have a weird porblem -
I cant seem to be able to copy files from other drives to my floppy drive. I get the following error message "writing to devices is not supported". the weird thing is that if I open a file from the monted floppy, change it and save it everything works ok.
The problem happens if I try to copy files from other hard drives etc.
Hope u can help me.
Thanks

T.

michaelk · 09-09-2003, 02:08 PM

How are you trying to copy files to the floppy drive?

tomerm · 09-10-2003, 09:25 AM

I am using KDE. After mounting the floppy disk I simply try to copy files using konquerer fie manager.
T.

michaelk · 09-10-2003, 04:46 PM

Have you tried to copy files via a console window with the cp command?

tomerm · 09-11-2003, 10:05 AM

I dont know the proper syntax for copying to the floppy drive using cp.
T.

michaelk · 09-11-2003, 05:21 PM

For help:
man cp
or
info cp

example:
cd /media/floppy ( change to floppy directory)
cp your_file /home/user/

Replace your_file with actual file name

You can always use the full path

cp /media/floppy/your_file /home/user/your_file

tomerm · 09-16-2003, 08:49 AM

hi,
Indeed I was able to copy files TO the floppy drive using
the shell. But I still am not able to do so through KDE.
I keep getting a message saying "Writing to devices is not supported"
All additional help will be appreciated.

T.

tomerm · 09-21-2003, 11:16 AM

hi - my problems persists. I am unable to write to my floppy drive using KDE. I hope someone can still help.