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Subject: re: mount_msdosfs problem
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giamma <gmario.tamagnone@libero.it> wrote
>Hi! I have a problem whith mount_msdosfs. When I try to mount a floppy

>doing 
>#mount_msdosfs /dev/fd0 /floppy
>I get the error: Operation not permitted on this device. What's 
>happening?

You're just trying too hard! ;)
Try just 'mount' with the type (-t) option instead:
# mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /floppy

HTH,
~John


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