oldman wrote:
taharka wrote:
Hello,
CroombeFP wrote:
I have just installed FC4 on a new system using an "everything"
install
option (plenty of HD space). My 3 1/2" floppy and Zip250 drive are
both
listed and have ikons in the "Computer" desktop folder. BUT when I
go to
access either one of these two, I am told that I have not specified
the
file type. I looked in fstab and /media and noted that both devices
are
listed as "auto". System is Asus A7V400-MX + Athlon XP3000 + 1 GBy
RAM,
+ 80 GBy HD for / and 20 GBy HD for /home + IBM G70 monitor, +
printers
+ scanner + onboard Ethernet (which, obviously) works OK! My USB
memory
stick works just fine but I can't find my camera on one of the USB
ports
(camera is Fuji S602Zoom) when I could under FC3.
What (hopefully simple) solution is there that will let me get
access to
my floppy and Zip back again -- I'm fairly desperate about this as on
the Zip especially, I have loads of data files which I wish to use
on my
new system to say nothing of downloaded and carefully saved
applications.
I look forward to solutions to this odd problem.
CroombeFP
This is a known issue and (I presume) is being looked at. You
might want to search bugzilla for complete information, but in the
meantime use the mount command in a terminal. I.E.:
mount -t vfat /dev/hdb /media/zip
assuming your zip is at /dev/hdb and that /media/zip exist
HTH
Scott
Pardon me for asking but, can't you use the "mount /media/zip"
command or "mount /media/floppy" command in a terminal to achieve the
same effect?
taharka
Lexington, Kentucky U.S.A.
Apparently the auto-detect filesystem does not work and the
filesystem must be explicitly asked for. If all of your zips /
floppies are of the same type it might be possible to make an entry in
fstab to mount them without the "auto" type, but I haven't tried.
Scott
Thanks for the info Scott. I haven't installed fc4 yet (really haven't
decided if I will) but, this will come in handy for future reference :-)
taharka
Lexington, Kentucky U.S.A.
