[K12OSN] usb/pen/thunbdrives& floppy access>this works!

David Trask dtrask at vcs.u52.k12.me.us
Mon Apr 18 04:20:36 UTC 2005


Eric....will this work in 4.1?


"Support list for opensource software in schools." <k12osn at redhat.com> on
Sun Apr 17 2005 at 23:06 +0000 wrote:
>
>I took a crack at packaging this. I have neither a terminal nor a 
>terminal server available at the moment, so there is a bit of a chance
>that this first build won't actually work ;-)
>
>I made a few changes. First, I added the contents of ./rc.d/usbkey
>to ./rc.d/floppyd. Second, I have ./rc.d/floppyd make ./dev/sda1 
>directly if it does not exist. Third, rather than editing
>/etc/mtoolsrc, I set an environment variable (only if you are using
>a terminal!) that tells mtools to read /etc/mtoolsrc.ltsp instead.
>
>All you should need to do is install this package and make sure that
>the "RCFILE_01 = floppyd" line is uncommented in lts.conf
>
>ftp://k12linux.mesd.k12.or.us/pub/K12LTSP/testing/RPMS/ltsp_floppyd-4.2.1-0.k12ltsp.4.2.i386.rpm
>
>-Eric


David N. Trask
Technology Teacher/Coordinator
Vassalboro Community School
dtrask at vcs.u52.k12.me.us
(207)923-3100




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