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cbagger01

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Posted: May 08 2006,04:49

The /mnt folder is part of the dynamic filesystem that contains mount points for each device. They are built into the RAMdisk upon each bootup during hardware auto-detection.

Therefore, the new date/time is normal behavior.

The reason why nobody can explain the strange behavior with the write-protect tab is because:

Nobody knows the answer.

I sure don't. And I doubt that there are hundreds of people here with the answer tucked away in their memories that are unwilling to share it with you.

I am sorry that I cannot help you further but if a new insight pops into my head I will post it here.

Good Luck.

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Posted: May 08 2006,10:21

i agree. i know that there are usb pendrives out there which can be switched to read only (never used or touched one). i know that there is a usb boot floppy image for computers with usb booting problems (never had to use it). but personally i can not think of a single practical use to boot a write proteced usb pendrive with an usb floppy (well, yes, 'Key' tries to).

according to my point of view 'Key' may be the only person on this planet actually trying to accomplish this.

cbagger01

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Posted: May 08 2006,16:40

Even if he is not the only person on the planet, it still changes nothing.

If nobody here knows the answer to his problem, then it will go unsolved, regardless of how many people experience it.

I am not trying to be rude, I am just trying to explain that his requests are going unanswered because "nobody knows the answer" and not because people here are mean or selfish when it comes to sharing information.

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Posted: May 08 2006,17:21

Or they don't own or have access to such a device, e.g., latest wreless cards, usb hubs, and hardware write protected pendrives. Many times issues can be solved given access to the specific devices.

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Posted: May 08 2006,18:03

Key,

It sounds like you already tried everything. I did a pendrive install to a 128M Lexar this weekend and I ran into a few problems. First I installed USB HDD but couldn't get it boot so I downloaded the floppy image and tried it but no boot. Then I reinstalled as USB ZIP and it still wouldn't boot with or without the floppy. Finally I was giving up and used the floppy tool to reformat the floppy and found out the floppy was bad. The USB boot script doesn't verify the floppy disk after writing. I made a new boot floppy with the floppy tool and it worked. Your problem sounds more like some kind of usb driver problem but you might try a different floopy.

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