Unable to write to floppy after updating packages [SOLVED]
Kam Leo
kam.leo at gmail.com
Thu Mar 23 05:13:01 UTC 2006
On 3/22/06, Kam Leo <kam.leo at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, list.
>
> On my FC4 system I can not write to my 3-1/2 inch floppy drive,
> /dev/fd0. I can write to the floppy from Windows and SUSE 9.2 but not
> FC4. I checked fstab. The second floppy drive, /dev/fd1, has
> disappeared.
>
> # cat /etc/fstab
> # This file is edited by fstab-sync - see 'man fstab-sync' for details
> LABEL=/ / ext3 defaults 1 1
> LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2
> /dev/devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
> /dev/shm /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
> /dev/proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
> /dev/sys /sys sysfs defaults 0 0
> /dev/sda1 swap swap defaults 0 0
> /dev/hda12 swap swap defaults 0 0
> /dev/fd0 /media/floppy auto
> pamconsole,exec,noauto,utf8,managed 0 0
> /dev/hdd /media/cdrecorder auto
> pamconsole,exec,noauto,managed 0 0
> /dev/hdc /media/cdrom auto
> pamconsole,exec,noauto,managed 0 0
>
> Ordinarily, I would not miss /dev/fd1 since it is a seldom used 5-1/4
> inch drive. However, since the device has disappeared I cannot write
> to /dev/fd0. Here's what happens when I attempt to mount a floppy:
>
> # mount /dev/fd0 /media/floppy
> mount: block device /dev/fd0 is write-protected, mounting read-only
>
> I am running kernel-2.6.15-1.1833_FC4. The problem also occurs using
> kernel-2.6.15-1.1830_FC4.
>
> Here are the latest packages installed on the system:
>
> bind-chroot-9.3.1-18.FC4 Wed 22 Mar 2006 12:10:24 PM PST
> bind-9.3.1-18.FC4 Wed 22 Mar 2006 12:09:32 PM PST
> sendmail-cf-8.13.6-0.FC4.1 Wed 22 Mar 2006 12:09:24 PM PST
> bind-utils-9.3.1-18.FC4 Wed 22 Mar 2006 12:09:20 PM PST
> logwatch-7.2.1-1.fc4 Wed 22 Mar 2006 12:09:15 PM PST
> tzdata-2006b-2.fc4 Wed 22 Mar 2006 12:09:02 PM PST
> strace-4.5.14-0.FC4.1 Wed 22 Mar 2006 12:08:44 PM PST
> sendmail-8.13.6-0.FC4.1 Wed 22 Mar 2006 12:08:36 PM PST
> xterm-208-4.FC4 Wed 22 Mar 2006 12:08:32 PM PST
> bind-libs-9.3.1-18.FC4 Wed 22 Mar 2006 12:07:43 PM PST
> squid-2.5.STABLE13-1.FC4 Wed 15 Mar 2006 05:27:58 PM PST
> db4-utils-4.3.27-5.fc4 Tue 14 Mar 2006 02:36:56 PM PST
> db4-devel-4.3.27-5.fc4 Tue 14 Mar 2006 02:36:38 PM PST
> gnupg-1.4.2.2-1 Tue 14 Mar 2006 02:36:17 PM PST
> db4-4.3.27-5.fc4 Tue 14 Mar 2006 02:35:14 PM PST
> slib-3a1-5.fc4 Tue 14 Mar 2006 02:35:09 PM PST
> shadow-utils-4.0.12-8.FC4 Tue 14 Mar 2006 02:35:02 PM PST
> tcsh-6.14-1.fc4.2 Sun 12 Mar 2006 12:58:47 PM PST
> net-tools-1.60-52.fc4.2 Fri 10 Mar 2006 06:20:06 PM PST
> system-config-bind-4.0.0-40_FC4 Fri 10 Mar 2006 12:17:54 AM PST
> ncurses-5.4-19.fc4 Tue 07 Mar 2006 11:30:54 PM PST
> ncurses-devel-5.4-19.fc4 Tue 07 Mar 2006 11:30:19 PM PST
> kernel-module-fglrx-2.6.15-1.1833_FC4-8.22.5.1-0.lvn.1.4 Fri 03 Mar
> 2006 01:20:15 PM PST
> kernel-doc-2.6.15-1.1833_FC4 Thu 02 Mar 2006 05:14:04 PM PST
> kernel-devel-2.6.15-1.1833_FC4 Thu 02 Mar 2006 05:08:12 PM PST
> kernel-2.6.15-1.1833_FC4 Thu 02 Mar 2006 05:05:21 PM PST
> dhcp-3.0.2-34.FC4 Wed 01 Mar 2006 11:27:09 PM PST
> dhclient-3.0.2-34.FC4 Wed 01 Mar 2006 11:27:08 PM PST
>
>
> Any chance that one of these package caused the problem?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kam
>
None of the package updates caused the inability to write to fd0.
Turns out that I had two problems:
1 -- The cable was partially pulled away from the connector at the
back of the combo-floppy drive. (Perhaps loosened by yesterday's
earthquake.)
2 -- The 5-1/4 inch floppy drive failed.
Weird that I could write to fd0 from SuSE 9.2 today but not from FC4.
Before I check the cable kudzu listed the 5-1/4 drive in
/etc/sysconfig/hwconf as detached. After I removed and reinserted the
cable the 5-1/4 drive no longer appears in hwconf.
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