Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2000 13:15:13 -0800 (PST) From: mark.spiegel@lmco.com (Mark Spiegel) To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: floppy drive write protected Message-ID: <200002012115.NAA25862@sgi523.lmms.lmco.com>
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I am unable to write to my floppy drive. I can read from floppies, but my floppy drive seems to think the floppy disk is write protected, when it isn't. I double checked the floppy switch, and it IS NOT write protected. When I enter the commands, mount -t msdos /dev/fd0c /floppy cp tarsrc.gz /floppy I get the error message: fd0c: hard error writing fsbn19 <write-protect> cp: /floppy/tarsrc.gz Input/Output Error I am dual booting the PC (FreeBSD and WNT4.0) and NT also says the floppy is write protected. With NT I can also read floppies, just no write. I disconnected the floppy drive, rebooted, reconnected the drive, rebooted and did not get any change. Do I definitely need to buy a new floppy drive? Or is it something else that maybe one of you has also experienced? Thanks in advance for any help, Mark To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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