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@users.sourceforge.net>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 19:41:50 +0930

    That's strange - I get errors as soon as I try and do this, before the
    filesystem is even available.

    Perhaps the updates from mounting the floppy aren't being written out to
    the actual media until you try to unmount it - some kind of caching
    issue?

    What happens if you try to touch a file on the (incorrectly) writeable
    floppy?

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Rob Lahaye" <lahaye@users.sourceforge.net>
    Subject: Re: mount & umount read-only floppy: unmount failed:
    Input/output error ??

    >
    > Rob <listone@deathbeforedecaf.net> wrote:
    > > So did you put a write-protected floppy in, and try and mount it
    > > read/write?
    > >
    > > That's not going to work....
    >
    > I would agree, if the mount didn't work. But that's what I
    > tried to point out.
    >
    > As it is now, the trouble arises from the fact that you actually
    > CAN read/write mount a read/only-floppy. No complaints from the
    > mount command.
    >
    > However, you can't umount it anymore! So you're stuck and it
    > is mounted for-ever! Unless, you take the floppy out, change it
    > to read/write, put it back in the drive and do the umount again.
    >
    > Why does mount not check the read/write of the floppy?
    > And if it doesn't, for some reason, why then all of a sudden
    > umount does check for the read/write thing?
    >
    > Rob.
    >
    > PS: this is with FreeBSD 4.8
    >
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