On Saturday 05 May 2007 20:02, John wrote: > I need to transfer some files via floppy; it now seems that the drive > can't be accessed- though it shows up in hwbrowser. I just upgraded the > kernel (don't have the version handy), though I'm using KDE/fc6. Any > suggestions? > > John Since FC5 the way that removable media is handled has been changed, and the floppy drive has lost out. This is what I did on FC5, and presume will work ok on FC6. As root on the CLI. mkdir /media/floppy Then with the aid of a text editor, add a line to /etc/fstab. I used the line from my FC2 install, and it works ok. See below. /dev/fd0 /media/floppy auto noauto,owner 0 0 Hope this works for you. It did for me on FC5. Nigel.
