floppy drive and FC5

[john s.]

Nigel Henry wrote:
> On Wednesday 06 December 2006 17:31, john s. wrote:
>   
>> oldman 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
>>>>         
>>> 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?
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>
> 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.
>
>   
  Well, I added the text; its getting late, so I'll find out in the 
morning, if the changes worked.

                  John