Hi,
Thanks to Matthew Stier reply, mtools can actually work with vold.
Just 
./configure --enable-vold
before make the mtools.
Thanks.
> Hi,
>
> Thanks to the many sun-manager replies, the problem is due to
> the running volume manager.
>
> Shutting down the  volume manage may not a good solution, as it
> may also disable CDROM reading.
>
> As volume manager can take care of the floppy disk, we may just use it:
>
>
>  put MSDOS floppy in drive
>  type "volcheck"
>  type "ls /floppy"
>
>  When you're finished type "eject floppy"
>
> For those who still need to stick on mtools for some reason, they may just
>
> commenting out the floppy line in /etc/vold.conf and restart the vold.
>
Regards,
Alan S. H. Lam 
Department of Information Engineering, CUHK, Hong Kong
E-mail: shlam@ie.cuhk.edu.hk 
URL: http://www.ie.cuhk.edu.hk/~shlam/
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