Re: mount & umount read-only floppy: unmount failed: Input/output error ??

From: Rob (listone_at_deathbeforedecaf.net)
Date: 06/30/03

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    To: "Rob Lahaye" <lahaye@snu.ac.kr>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 19:06:01 +0930

    So did you put a write-protected floppy in, and try and mount it
    read/write?

    That's not going to work....

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Rob Lahaye" <lahaye@snu.ac.kr>
    Subject: mount & umount read-only floppy: unmount failed: Input/output
    error ??

    >
    >
    > Hi,
    >
    > I created the installation floppy from "kern.flp". Removed it from the
    > drive, to make it read-only.
    > I then put it back into the drive and do, as root:
    >
    > # mount -t ufs /dev/fd0 /mnt
    > # umount /dev/fd0
    > umount: unmount of /mnt failed: Input/output error
    > #
    >
    > It's still mounted! I have to take the floppy out of the drive, make
    > it read/write, put it back in the drive and do the umount. Then it's
    OK.
    >
    > The following is also fine:
    >
    > # mount -t ufs -o rdonly /dev/fd0 /mnt
    > # umount /dev/fd0
    >
    >
    > Is this normal, or what?
    > Thanks,
    > Rob.
    >
    >
    >
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