From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Mar 8 7: 0:22 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3D9137B401 for ; Sat, 8 Mar 2003 07:00:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from demon.nl (seatle.demon.nl [195.173.228.191]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C46943F93 for ; Sat, 8 Mar 2003 07:00:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rotan@seatle.demon.nl) Received: from seatle.vredesdorp.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by demon.nl (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h28F0N2r025536 for ; Sat, 8 Mar 2003 16:00:23 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from rotan@seatle.vredesdorp.nl) Received: (from rotan@localhost) by seatle.vredesdorp.nl (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id h28F0NPf025535 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 8 Mar 2003 16:00:23 +0100 (CET) Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2003 16:00:22 +0100 From: robert t g tan To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't open /dev/fd0.720: Permission denied Message-ID: <20030308150022.GA25468@seatle.vredesdorp.nl> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG ls -l /dev/fd0.720 crw-r----- 2 root operator 9, 7 Feb 12 14:30 /dev/fd0.720 uname -r 4.7-RELEASE-p4 User is root. On 07/03/03 22:42 +0000, Lee Harr wrote: > >Im having problems accessing my floppy. > >E.g. when using mtools Im getting the following > >message: > > > > Can't open /dv/fd0.720: Permission denied > > > I assume this is a typo, and the correct message is the > one from the subject: > Can't open /dev/fd0.720: Permission denied > > What are the permissions on /dev/fd0.720 ? > > ls -l /dev/fd0.720 > > I believe the default is > crw-r----- 2 root operator 9, 7 Jul 5 2002 /dev/fd0.720 > > which user is using mtools? > which version of FreeBSD are you using? > > > > Cannot initialize 'A:' > > > > > >Also at boot I don't see any fd devices getting > >detected. > >This is my kernel config: > > > > device fdc0 at isa? port IO_FD1 irq 9 drq 2 > > device fd0 at fdc0 drive 0 > > > > > I would expect something more like > "device not configured" > if that were the problem. > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online > http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Robert To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message