Subject: Re: Writing to floppy-disk after upgrade to UVM binaries.
To: NetBSD/arm32 mailing list <port-arm32@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Ib-Michael Martinsen <imm@nethotel.dk>
List: port-arm32
Date: 07/26/1998 13:31:25
Hi Patrick,
you wrote:
> Ib-Michael Martinsen wrote:
> ...
> > root@nethotel:/root => chmod a+w /floppy
> > chmod: /floppy: Is a directory
> >
> > What should be done to make it possible for ordinary users
> > to write to floppydiscs?
>
> I think you have the right idea, but got the order slightly wrong: you
> can't change the permissions on directory /floppy while it is
> mounted. I think if you just unmount /floppy, chmod, mount, all should
> be OK.
You are right, this way it works. Thanks a lot.
Regards
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