3.25 inch "floppy" is read only
Please could an expert advise me how to change permission to enable me to read and write to floppy.I can confirm that the drive is working and disc tabs are set to write.I have read many posts on this subject,yet,have not found a solution.
Is this possible on Linux Mint Rafaela 17.2? Other than this slight issue,I am finding my way well with Linux and think that I will remain a convert.Thanks. |
Is there anything on the floppy, any data? Is it formatted? What filesystem? Have you mounted it?
|
hi jerrold,
does the floppy in question already have something written on it or is it blank? in most cases, any commands regarding the floppy will have to be given as 'root' rather than 'user' [root being equivalent to admin] which is done by putting the word 'sudo' at the beginning on the command which is entered in the terminal. have you been doing this? cheers, mm |
Code:
gksu <name of file mint file manager goes here> Or Change owner of files on floppy drive itself with Code:
# ls -l </floppydrive mount point/floppy text> Code:
#chown <username:username> </floppydrive mount point/floppy text> to get the root prompt (#) in terminal in Mint. Code:
sudo -s |
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu...uestion/159883 maybe for some help.
|
A floppy may be physically write-protected by a sliding tab in one corner. If the tab is in the open position, the disk cannot be written to. If it's write protected in this manner, nothing you do with software can make it writable until the tab is moved.
|
on mint 17 i would expect you had to manually run modprobe
then manually make a folder and manually mount it Code:
su - |
Thanks for speedy replies.
Thanks to all for helpful replies. Reading and writing to floppy again.
Good to have all of the bits working. Old times sake perhaps? |
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 02:43 PM. |