Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 11:21:19 -0400 (EDT) From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: tcooper1@telusplanet.net (Terry Cooper) Cc: jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu (Jerry McAllister), questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: floppy device busy Message-ID: <200210211521.g9LFLJu13272@clunix.cl.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <003601c2791d$aea64560$fb69cecd@donatev49iknkl> from "Terry Cooper" at Oct 21, 2002 09:19:50 AM
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> > Not sure, I used a script to create the floppy. Is there a way to tell? Can > I just unmount rfd0 (floppy drive) ? Or is that going to leave a file open > still? Well, if you have a file open or are CDed into a directory on the floppy, it won't let you umount it. It will tell you it is busy. ////jerry > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jerry McAllister" <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> > To: "Terry Cooper" <tcooper1@telusplanet.net> > Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 7:58 AM > Subject: Re: floppy device busy > > > > > > > > I was trying to create a bootable floppy from using a script I found > from > > > http://www.svbug.com/developer/documentation/handbook/handbook139.html > > > > > > and well it failed. Big newbie surprize. grrrrrrrrrr. Well now I get > this > > > error after I modified the script. > > > > > > fdformat: /dev/fd0: Device busy > > > Bad floppy, please use a newone > > > > Were you CDed to something on the floppy or did you have some file > > there open? > > > > ////jerry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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