Re: mformat bug?

[bruce@Pixar.com (Bruce Perens)]

> One should not need to become root to mount and format the diskettes etc.

Add yourself to the "floppy" group in /etc/group. Note that there are
several special groups such as "lp", "dialout", "cdrom" for control of
access to devices on a per-user basis.

> Then I tried
>	$ mformat a:
> and got the error
>	Non-removable media is not supported

Please look at the file /etc/mtools.ref, and edit it as necessary for your
system. I think its default configuration may be wrong.

	Thanks

	Bruce
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