Can't write to floppy disk

[serkanb]

Here is my problem:

I mounted floppy...
'mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy

and coppied a file to floppy
'cp anyfile /mnt/floppy'

when I use ls comman I could see the file
'ls /mnt/floppy'

but when I tried to see the file from Windows I could't see it.

What's wrong here? Could you please help me?

 

[vincentL]

Dear serkanb,
The proper mount command in Linux is :
mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
You must also unmount each floppy before you remove it:
umount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
note "umount" not unmount.
Try to unmount the floppy, then mount the floppy, and then do the copy command- (cp /home/mydirectory/filename /mnt/floppy)
then unmount the floppy and carry it over to a windows box and try to look at the file.
When you do the ls command in the floppy directory you can see files coppied there even thought they were never physically written to the floppy device. You must not be in the "floppy" directory to wrtie to the floppy and you must be logged in as the "root" user to have permission to write to a floppy.
Luck,
Vince Vince LaPorte
vincentL@acmc.com
Marshall, MN 56258

 

[paleogryph]

Vincent is right on the money.
The key here is always umount the floppy.
That is actually when the floppy is written to.