On Friday 16 June 2006 00:16, Douglas Phillipson wrote: > Dotan Cohen wrote: > > I spent about three months away from FC while I was trying out > > Kubuntu. While I found Kubuntu to be very easy to use, I was > > constantly running into roadblocks installing software or configuring > > the system how I like it. So I decided to install FC5 this week. > > > > After a long fight with three harddrives, a brand new DVD burner, and > > faulty internet connection, I almost gave up on even downloading the > > huge distro that FC is and considered just updating to the newest > > [k]Ubuntu. But I stuck with it, and I'm glad that I did. I love yum, I > > love KDE, and I like having the latest stable software. After using > > KDE 3.5.4 on FC4 going back to 3.5 was like a smack on the back of the > > neck in Kubuntu. > > I would like to go on record as in full agreement. Thank you to the > developers of Fedora. It's a wonderful distro. I won't upgrade to FC5 > though until the floppy issue is fixed under KDE. FC4 works fine on all > my laptops and desktops. > > Doug P Hi Doug. I think I've sort of fixed the floppy problem. Admittadly this is a workaround. I was always happy with the ROM drives, and the floppy being in /etc/fstab on FC4 and earlier vesions of FC. Anyway I've at least got access to the floppy again by recreating the entry in /etc/fstab . This way you can use Kdiskfree to mount, then open in file manager the floppy disc. Method: su to root on the CLI. type, mkdir /media/floppy Next, open a text editor, kwrite ,gedit,or your choice. Go to /etc/fstab , and add a new line as below. /dev/fd0 /media/floppy auto noauto,owner,kudzu 0 0 You can probably miss out the kudzu bit, as I copied it from FC2. Anyway, it works ok with FC5, and using Kdiskfree, I can mount, and open floppies in a file manager. It's a bugger when they keep changing the goalposts eh! Nigel.
