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<<On Tue, 6 Jan 2004 12:19:42 -0500, Fabrizio Parrella <fabrizio@nldesign.com> said:

> the floppy is not write-protected, and anyway I didn't try to write anything 
> on it!!

Mounting anything read-write is equivalent to ``try[ing] to write''.

>> > umount: unmount of /mnt/floppy failed: Resourde temporary  unavailable
>> > # fd0: hard error cmd=write fsbn 19 (ST0 40<abnrml> ST1 2<write_protect>
>> > ST2 0 cyl 0 hd 1 sec 2
>> > (this last line repeat every few seconds)

Your log message is quite clear: the drive believes that the floppy is
write-protected, whether or not you do is immaterial.

-GAWollman