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From: hand@spc9.jpl.nasa.gov (Kolin Hand)
Subject:  Mtools-mwrite failurE
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Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 02:21:35 GMT
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Greetings.

Whenever I try to write to a floppy drive using Mtools-mwrite, I get
the error message "/dev/rfd0a is busy."  Could the "device busy" flag
have been set somehow and is now not able to be cleared?  Is this another
problem?

Thanks.

Kolin

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+  "Guilt Trip:  The nuclear weapon of relationships."  -- K. Hand          +
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+  Kolin E. Hand                              hand@spc7.jpl.nasa.gov        +