mtools are behaving strange

[Shawn Dunn]

On Fri, 10 May 2002 10:52:56 +0200
"Peter Zechmeister" <peter.z@gmx.at> wrote:

> I am running YDL 2.1 on a PowerMac 4400.
> When I try to read Windows formatted floppydisks with mtools, the first
> command succeeds but the second command does not work any more. I get the
> message "Can't open /dev/fd0: Device or ressource busy
> Cannot initialize 'A:'"
> 
> What kind of problem is that and how can I solve it?
> 
> And does anybody knew how to eject disks in a Mac floppy drive from Linux? I
> do not want to use the small screwdriver allways.


I usually mount dos floppies just using 'mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy'   the kernel will usually autodetect the filesystem on it.

As far as ejecting, 'eject /dev/fd0'  works for me.


			--Shawn