Why Can I Use fdformat Except as Root?
The system call to format a floppy can only be done as root, regardless of the permissions of /dev/fd0*. If you want any user to be able to format a floppy, try getting the fdformat2 program. This works around the problems by being setuid to root. 5.14. My Ext2fs Partitions Are Checked Each Time I Reboot. Refer to (“EXT2-fs: warning: mounting unchecked file system.) 5.15. My Root File System Is Read-Only! Remount it. If /etc/fstab is correct, you can simply type: mount -n -o remount / If /etc/fstab is wrong, you must give the device name and possibly the type, too: e.g. mount -n -o remount -t ext2 /dev/hda2 / To understand how you got into this state, see, (“EXT2-fs: warning: mounting unchecked file system.
