On Fri, 15 Apr 2011 11:56:47 -0800, Peter Easthope wrote: > Bob, Camaleon, Dom, Stephen, Tom & others, > > I am replying to the last message I found in the thread. If there > is one later, I didn't ignore it deliberately. > > * From: Stephen Powell <zlinux...@wowway.com> > * Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 22:21:13 -0500 (EST) >> No, the data is intact, as the mounting of the image file with >> the loop option confirms. Also, further experimentation seems >> to suggest that if the floppy disk is physically mounted in the >> floppy drive during boot, then I can logically mount it with the >> mount command after boot. This really is looking like a bug. >> I intend to file a bug report, but I'd like to do some more >> trial-and-error experimentation before I do. > > This is relevant. > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=483781 > > The best explanation appears to be cited by A.E. Patrakov in the bug report. > http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/6.3/chapter08/fstab.html > Scroll to the bottom of the page and read "Filesystems with MS-DOS ...". > > My encounter with this has been an attempt to make a bootable > diskette for updating the BIOS on a Foxconn board. Did Foxconn > have their filesystem mounted with UTF8 and the US codepage? > If they used strictly ASCII filenames, are the encoding and > codepage a concern? > > [Use MS or have more trouble than bargained for ... again!] > > Regards, ... Peter E.
First of all, I accidentally deleted your e-mail, and my MUA does not allow me to edit the headers to add an "In-reply-to" header; so this reply may not be properly connected to your thread in the archives. Sorry about that. Second, thank you for responding. Third, there was more to that original thread. But I can't find it either. Maybe I accidentally replied off-list? Anyway, the resolution to my original thread was udisks. I run GNOME, and GNOME has a udisks daemon that tries to automatically mount things like USB thumb drives, CD-ROM disks, and yes, floppy disks, when they are inserted. I was able to work around the problem by using the udisks command to mount and unmount floppy disks instead of the native mount and umount commands. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1806358399.74644.1303352679315.javamail.r...@md01.wow.synacor.com
