On Wednesday 06 December 2006 17:31, john s. wrote: > oldman wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > john s. wrote: > >> Odd question; this box has 5 installed, I can't access the floppy > >> drive- it doesn't show up when I click on the Computer icon on the > >> desktop. I thought the drive might not be connected correctly, since I > >> can't remember if the floppy was accessable when I set the box up. My > >> laptop, I orig had 5 loaded (same story with the floppy drive), then > >> upgraded to 6; w/6, I can access the floppy drive. > >> I set up a second box w/5 over the weekend; the floppy disappeared > >> after running patches and installing programs. Has anyone else seen/have > >> this happen? Is there a way to correct things? > >> > >> John > > > > What happens if (as root) you enter > > > > mount /dev/fd0 /media/<your pre-existing mount-point> > > > > this mounts the floppy for me. > > > > Scott > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) > > Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > > > iD8DBQFFduT85mBKdb7VQEcRAnUAAJ4hGq5DUkHN31FRPOVu3BHKzbB8bACgj0EJ > > kiwaBFVShIegn5b5+zx4DO8= > > =13pm > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > I'm fairly new to linux; where would I log into root and enter mount? FC5 removed removable devices from /etc/fstab, and in the case of cdrom/dvdrom drives there is no problem as, at least on KDE a window opens when you put a disc in the drive, asking what you want to do with it. In the case of the floppy drive, which is incapable of automounting, I did the following. Open a terminal, type su, enter, then your root password, enter, then type. mkdir media/floppy Now type Gedit, Kwrite, or editor of your choice. When the editor opens, choose filesystem, then on the right, etc, then, fstab. You have to write a new line here. /dev/fd0 /media/floppy auto noauto,owner 0 0 Save the changes in the editor, and close it , then exit the CLI (Konsole) When you reboot fstab will be updated. If your using KDE, you can click on the "Home" icon, then the edit menu, create new/device/floppy device, and fill in the info required. You can then put an icon on the desktop for the floppy device. Nigel.
