on Fri, Sep 21, 2001 at 05:28:53PM -0700, Mr. Jan Hearthstone (hearthstone11@yahoo.com) wrote: > I ran the line, all I get is "Permission denied". > I ran "/etc/fstab" all I get (for all entries) is - > "Permission denied". I always run everything as the > "root", if this should make any difference. > Thanks, Hearthstone. Please use postfix quoting format: your reply goes below the material cited. Trim your quotes appropriately and ensure your attributions are accurate. Please set your mailer/editor linewrap to 68-75 characters. I strongly recommend 72 as a good default. Thank you. Please state exactly what you're running and what response you're getting. Your post makes no sense. > --- "Karsten M. Self" <kmself@ix.netcom.com> wrote: > > Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 01:07:59 -0700 > > From: "Karsten M. Self" <kmself@ix.netcom.com> > > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > Subject: Re: floppy - permissions? Can't write to > > floppy! > > > > on Fri, Sep 21, 2001 at 12:31:17AM -0700, Mr. Jan > > Hearthstone (hearthstone11@yahoo.com) wrote: > > > I have Debian potato, and suddenly I couldn't > > save > > > to floppy (this would happen now and then, but > > till > > > now I managed to fix it, somehow). I tried > > linuxconf > > > (both - WindowsX and console mode), but nothing > > > worked. After I fiddled with it for a while, I > > can't > > > even open a floppy anymore. > > > It is vital that I can save to floppy, please > > help! > > > > - How are you mounting the floppy? What commands? > > As what user? > > - What are the permissions on the floppy? > > - Is disk write-protected? > > - If you're mounting against your fstab, what's > > the floppy line in > > /etc/fstab? > > > > I have the following line, which allows user or > > group write access, in > > /etc/fstab. I've added my standard user to group > > 'disk' (not the best > > choice of groups, I could screw myself royally here > > by writing direct to > > disk accidentally): > > > > /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto > > noauto,gid=disk,umask=007,rw,user 2 2 > > > > Peace. > > > > -- > > Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> > > http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ > > What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? > > Home of the brave > > http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ > > Land of the free > > Free Dmitry! Boycott Adobe! Repeal the DMCA! > > http://www.freesklyarov.org > > Geek for Hire > > http://kmself.home.netcom.com/resume.html > > > > > ATTACHMENT part 2 application/pgp-signature > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Home of the brave http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ Land of the free Free Dmitry! Boycott Adobe! Repeal the DMCA! http://www.freesklyarov.org Geek for Hire http://kmself.home.netcom.com/resume.html
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