Craig White wrote: >On Wed, 2004-01-21 at 15:48, Roy Babin wrote: > > >>Bryce C wrote: >> >> >> >>>>Just jumping to conclusions here but did you format it as an NTFS disk? >>>>If so the linux drivers may be read only drivers. >>>> >>>>JD >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >> It was formatted as Ext2, >> >> >> >--- >I've always used VFAT for floppy disks. > >Did you mount it first? mount /mnt/floppy > >Did you umount it before you removed it? Generally on Unix, copies will >be cached and 'umounting it first tells it to flush the cash NOW and let >me have the disk' Also, ext2 will not be usable by Windows computers - >VFAT will. > >Craig > >--------------------------------------------------- >PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: >http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > I only find two choices......ext2 or dos..... for formatting, will not be using in Windows