strange umsdos message

[hictio]

i have to move a lot of files, via diskette, from my windows 95 machine at work, to the linux machine at my house.
i can easily copy files from the diskette to the linux hd, but, whenerver i try to do the opposite, i get a strange message in the screen; but nevertheless, i can copy the files without any problem.
i would like to know what that message means, here is a copy:

[Mon Feb 5][00:07:34][root@sicanderbul][~/etc/e-mail:]

>>cp screen.dump /mnt/floppy/lx/forum/
UMSDOS_notify_change: no EMD file forum/--linux-.---
cp: /mnt/floppy/lx/forum/screen.dump: Operation not permitted

thanks in advance.

[mikek147]

How are you mounting your floppy? Do you unmount your floppy before removing the disk, then re-mount the floppy with a new disk? -mk

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If it ain't broke, fix it till it is.

[hictio]

bien sûr, mike, also; i do all my mount/umounting by hand.
yesterday i tried using the `mtools` utils.
i can cp, using `mcopy`, files to the diskette without any problem, but, and here`s the strange thing, i can`t do a `mdel` or a `mmove`; the system reports me that the dev fd0 is in use. of course is in use, by me ;->.
thanks.

[mikek147]

OK, you mount by hand. How? -mk

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If it ain't broke, fix it till it is.

[hictio]

hey, you know, i mean, i do..., ehh ;->

i do a mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy

after that the floppy is mounted and i can access it.
to umount that, i do umount /mnt/floppy.
i took that from a o`reilly book.
am i doing something wrong?
thanks, men.

[This message has been edited by hictio (edited 02-06-2001).]

[mikek147]

OK. That's good.

instead of the m* commands, use the normal Linux commands for copy(cp), delete(rm) and move(mv). To remove the carriage returns from a dos file to unix, try:

fromdos filename

to re-insert the carriage returns to a file going back to dos do:

todos filename

This is only for text files. I had the same problems with the mdel and mmove commands. So instead of trying to figure it out, use the command that do work. Although I couldn't duplicate your UMSDOS error. -mk

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If it ain't broke, fix it till it is.

[hictio]

thanks, but if a try to do a cp into the diskette, i get the usmdos message, the same operation with mcopy goes smooth.
is really strange, like i said, all the other m commands don`t work...
also, if a open a file with vi, edit it, and then try to save the changes in the diskette, it reports me that the file already exists.
go figure, perhaps a read only mount? no, because i can cp files into it. i really don`t know...
thank you very tho.

[mikek147]

I don't know what to tell you. The standard Linux commands work on the floppy for me. Do you have that file system built into the kernel? -mk

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If it ain't broke, fix it till it is.

[hictio]

never mind, mike, thank yoou very much tho.
i guess that `the fs it is built in into the kernel`, but i`m sailing thru uncharted territories here, yet.