Re: floppy drive and FC5

["john s." <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Nigel Henry wrote:
> On Thursday 07 December 2006 17:49, john s. wrote:
>   
> > Nigel Henry wrote:
> >     
> > > On Wednesday 06 December 2006 17:31, john s. wrote:
> > >       
> > > > oldman wrote:
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> > > > > john s. wrote:
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> > > > > >  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
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> > > > > What happens if (as root) you enter
> > > > >
> > > > > mount /dev/fd0 /media/<your pre-existing mount-point>
> > > > >
> > > > > this mounts the floppy for me.
> > > > >
> > > > > Scott
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> > > > 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.
> > >       
> >   The floppy icon shows up now, but I'm getting this message when I
> > click on it (with different discs in the drive- nothing to do with the
> > error message)
> >
> >        mount: mount point /media/floppy does not exist
> >
> > ??? About what to do now.
> >
> >         John
> >     
>
> Doh! This worked first go for me on FC5. Have a look in /media to check that 
> the floppy directory is there, that you created when as root you ran.
> mkdir /media/floppy
>
> There shouldn't be any permissions issues with the floppy. I did though create 
> the floppy directory in /mnt on FC5, but don't see that creating it in /media 
> should make any difference.
>
> Are you using KDE? If so, with Kdisk free, and right clicking on the floppy, 
> can you mount it from there, and then when it mounts, right click again, and 
> open it in a file manager?
>
> Nigel.
>
>   
Running Gnome; I'll try this in a bit- busy taking care of stuff here 
at home... After working with Windows for 7-8yrs, I think its pretty 
cool that one can have that kind of access to/in the OS.

             John