From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 25 17:41:12 2005 Return-Path: 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 A7EE816A4CE for ; Fri, 25 Feb 2005 17:41:12 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp11.wanadoo.fr (smtp11.wanadoo.fr [193.252.22.31]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55D9B43D39 for ; Fri, 25 Feb 2005 17:41:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr) Received: from me-wanadoo.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mwinf1112.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 0F6771C000AF for ; Fri, 25 Feb 2005 18:41:11 +0100 (CET) Received: from pix.atkielski.com (ASt-Lambert-111-2-1-3.w81-50.abo.wanadoo.fr [81.50.80.3]) by mwinf1112.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id E04951C000B3 for ; Fri, 25 Feb 2005 18:41:10 +0100 (CET) X-ME-UUID: 20050225174110918.E04951C000B3@mwinf1112.wanadoo.fr Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 18:41:10 +0100 From: Anthony Atkielski X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <7610555114.20050225184110@wanadoo.fr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20050225133557.GA18789@alzatex.com> References: <1292549780.20050222044102@wanadoo.fr> <1357657649.20050222052929@wanadoo.fr> <487414075.20050222203924@wanadoo.fr> <20050223100911.GE25458@alzatex.com> <985824296.20050223171137@wanadoo.fr> <20050225133557.GA18789@alzatex.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Why can't I access my floppy disk? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 17:41:12 -0000 Loren M. Lang writes: > If you were using one of the pre-fabbed floppy images provided by > freebsd like kern.flp then you would want to write it raw to disk, not > mount it, and this is forbidden at securelevel 3. I was trying to do it with dd. I tried the same on my other system (the one on which I'm trying to install FreeBSD for experimentation), and it worked, but that system is at the default level of securelevel=-1. That's fine, though, since it gives me a machine that can do the job, which is all I need. I trust a UNIX command a bit more than I trust a Windows command (especially since the one supplied on the FreeBSD CD is a bit weird). > I don't know why this is, it should still be possible, especially since > you can mount cdroms. /dev/fd0 is read/write by root right? And the > disk already had a formatted filesystem on it before you tried mounting > it? Yes to both questions. But it must be securelevel, because it works on the test machine. The man page doesn't say anything about this restriction, though, nor is it obvious from what the page does say. -- Anthony