Thank s Carey,
the magic word is ----> append="floppy=thinkpad"
in lilo.conf
this works ONLY if I have in /etc/fstab
"/dev/fd0 /floppy msdos defaults"
If i do not insert a floppy during boot, it will error
out and eventually timeout the floppy, making the device
READ-ONLY on subsequent "mount -a" .
If I insert a floppy just after the boot so that when it
mounts the floppy it is there, it will mount it and make it
Read/write.
I can then :
umount /dev/fd0
mount -a
to replace floppies with RW privileges.
Could you tell me why the filesystem /dev/fd0 is made READ-ONLY
when it errors out on the boot process. It will allow me to
use "mount -a" and access the floppy but only (ro).
Is there an entry I can make in /etc/fstab ( or elsewhere )
so that the floppy may later be mounted as (RO) or (RW) ,
weather it is inserted during the boot process or NOT ?
thanks,
frank naranjo
At 09:31 PM 10/7/97 +1300, Carey Evans wrote:
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>> Problem :
>> The suggestion to put "floppy=thinkpad"
>> into the lilo.conf did not work.
>
>My lilo.conf looks like the following. I have a non-standard CD-ROM
>(a Sony CDU-33A), so put the command for the non-standard floppy in
>the same place.
>
>boot=/dev/hda1
>root=/dev/hda1
>compact
>install=/boot/boot.b
>map=/boot/map
>vga=normal
>delay=10
>message=/boot/message
>
>image=/vmlinuz
>label=Linux
>append="isp16=0x340,10,Sony cdu31a=0x340,10"
>read-only
>
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