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floppy drive in linux? ::::

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househead

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Was wondering how can I get access to this drive?

both in the command line & gui (kde)?

i kinda got it to work right in the command line but when I put the next floppy in, it didn't refresh the info.? I'm unsure if i'm doing this right, so I need better advice than the help docs 🙂

thanks!
 
Well, you must mount/unmount you floppy drive (that's probably why it doesn't refresh) or use mtools. It should be fairly easy under KDE, just click on floppy icon to mount it and select "unmount" from there before you take floppy out. You can do it from the command line too, just write "mount" or "unmount" /dev/floppy (I think it's described in fstab so should work that way).
 
Is the contents of hte floppy under /mnt/floppy ?

can I change floppies on the fly, and have it update automatically when I do a "ls"?

how can all this be done under kde? (viewing and moving files) etc.
 
No, you can't swap floppies on the fly. Each one must be mounted to view its contents, and then unmounted before you can put a different floppy in the drive.

Yes, the contents are in /mnt/floppy.
 
gotcha! thanks! i was thinkin' u'd hab to unmount/mount each floppy, but was hoping it'd be easier than that 🙂
 
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