[ok-mail] [K12OSN] floppy use

[John Hansknecht]

On Saturday 24 July 2004 06:28 am, Will Hatch wrote:
> I discovered yesterday that the only floppy drive I can use on my newly
> installed k12 terminal-server setup is the one on the server.  I mounted
> the floppy on the server from a terminal window (it won't let me do it via
> graphical interface), and as I did this, a student who was logged onto a
> work station noticed the floppy icon appear on his desktop.  I suppose this
> could be handy in some cases, but I really need is for a student to be able
> to walk into the computer lab, insert his floppy into any workstation
> floppy drive, mount it, and use it. If I try to mount a floppy on a
> workstation as it stands, I get a  message saying it can't be done (from
> the terminal window or graphic interface. Could someone give me detailed
> instructions on how to do this?  Thanks

Hi Will,

I know there's a link somewhere ...but I can't find it. So, briefly, you need 
to edit the file /etc/ltsp/i386/etc/lts.conf. Look in that file for a line 
that reads:
#RCFILE_01		= floppyd
Remove the # from the front and reboot you ltsp client. Now you will have a 
floppy tool on each users desktop. Please note that this tool works like an 
ftp tool allowing users to copy files to and from  the floppy. They will not 
be able to open files directly from other programs.
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Thanks,

John

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