From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 28 19:56:38 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 32ED816A4CE for ; Mon, 28 Feb 2005 19:56:38 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp11.wanadoo.fr (smtp11.wanadoo.fr [193.252.22.31]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA4F243D53 for ; Mon, 28 Feb 2005 19:56:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr) Received: from me-wanadoo.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mwinf1107.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 06E351C0009F for ; Mon, 28 Feb 2005 20:56:37 +0100 (CET) Received: from pix.atkielski.com (ASt-Lambert-111-2-1-3.w81-50.abo.wanadoo.fr [81.50.80.3]) by mwinf1107.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id D83821C00097 for ; Mon, 28 Feb 2005 20:56:36 +0100 (CET) X-ME-UUID: 20050228195636885.D83821C00097@mwinf1107.wanadoo.fr Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 20:56:36 +0100 From: Anthony Atkielski X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <268245829.20050228205636@wanadoo.fr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20050228133724.GA46668@ei.bzerk.org> References: <1292549780.20050222044102@wanadoo.fr> <1357657649.20050222052929@wanadoo.fr> <487414075.20050222203924@wanadoo.fr> <20050223100911.GE25458@alzatex.com> <985824296.20050223171137@wanadoo.fr> <20050225133557.GA18789@alzatex.com> <7610555114.20050225184110@wanadoo.fr> <20050228133724.GA46668@ei.bzerk.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Why can't I access my floppy disk? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 19:56:38 -0000 Ruben de Groot writes: > 1 Secure mode - the system immutable and system append-only flags may > not be turned off; disks for mounted file systems, /dev/mem, > /dev/kmem and /dev/io (if your platform has it) may not be opened > for writing; kernel modules (see kld(4)) may not be loaded or > unloaded. Disks for mounted file systems ... but the floppy disk was not mounted. Indeed, the problem was just that: I couldn't mount it. > 2 Highly secure mode - same as secure mode, plus disks may not be > opened for writing (except by mount(2)) whether mounted or not. > This level precludes tampering with file systems by unmounting > them, but also inhibits running newfs(8) while the system is multi- > user. I wasn't trying to open the diskette for writing. Even a read-only attempt to mount the diskette failed. If securelevel=3 prohibits mounting floppy disks, then the documentation should say something like "floppy disks cannot be mounted at this level." -- Anthony