Can't copy files to floppy

[bcj819]

Hi,
I used "mount -t vfat dev/fd0 media/floppy" to monut my floppy disk, but when i tried to copy a file to this floppy, i got the "cannot create regular file `20051003.zip': Read-only file system"
The mount command was working fine last week. I'm running FC4.
TIA,
bcj

[stiperstones]

Just check the two holes on the top of the floppy are open with it closed makes the floppy write protected.

[bcj819]

Thanks for the reply. However, the floppy disc is not write protected.

[marko]

Maybe the directory permission on the /media/floppy directory
got changed to not writable in the interim ?

When you run the mount command like this:

mount

do you see it report the floppy as read only?
the floppy entry line should have "(ro," ... in it instead
of "(rw," .....

mark

[bcj819]

Thanks Mark. It was the case that the permission got changed. I used the -0 rw, and it's ok now.