From: dan AT lectra DOT fr (Daniel Roche) Subject: Re: raw floppy access 12 Nov 1997 03:10:49 -0800 Message-ID: <199711120917.AA20135.cygnus.gnu-win32@ondee> Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by tm-edit 7.43) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com > > > >Hello, > > > >I have just install gnuwin32/b18 version on my NT , it is great ! > >but i have a problem to access raw floppy (with tar or dd) > > > >when typing : tar tvf /dev/fd0 > >i can see the floppy led flashing but i get : > >tar: Cannot open /dev/fd0: No such file or directory > > > >the mount command give : > >\\.\tape1: /dev/st1 native no-mixed,text!=binary > >\\.\tape0: /dev/st0 native no-mixed,text!=binary > >\\.\b: /dev/fd1 native no-mixed,text!=binary > >\\.\a: /dev/fd0 native no-mixed,text!=binary > >c: / native no-mixed,text!=binary > > > >is there something else to configure to make this working ? > > > >excuse me if this question was already posted , but i can not find the respons > >if the two last month of mailing list archive ! > > Two things I suggest. > > 1. Remount all filesystems as binary (mount -b). Reinstall or remove > carriage returns from all login/script files. > i just try to mount /dev/fd0 as binary, and now when i try to tar tvf /dev/fd0, i get : tar: Cannot open /dev/fd0: Not super-user but i am logged as admin ! I have also try to do mkpasswd and mkgroup and modify the passwd file to put the UID 0 , so that the 'id' command say that i am root but i have still the Not super-user error message ! Any idea for this ? Thank by advance . =========================================================================== | __/ _ _ o _ / /_) _ _ / _ | dan AT lectra DOT com | | (_/ (_(_ / ) ( (-' / /\ (_) (_ /) (-' | May the source be with you | =========================================================================== - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".