[K12OSN] Accessing removable media on thinclient??

[Steve Honeycutt]

On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 22:07:48 -1000, Byron Kapali <bklinux at verizon.net> wrote:
> Aloha All,
> Noobie question: Is there a way to use the removable media (floppy,
> cdrom, usb) on the thin client while logged in to the K12LTSP server?
> 
> Example:  I boot the thin client from a universal boot floppy to create
> the lts session.  I remove the boot disk.  A student logs in and wants
> to work on a file that is on the floppy.  After inserting the floppy
> disk, no icon appears to indicate that the floppy disk is accessible.
> What do I need to do?
> 
> Byron Kapali
> Hilo High School
> 
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This will be very rough around the edges Byron... so stay tuned for
more precise guidance from a more experienced user.

I believe that the user will have to open a terminal window and run a
command along the lines of -

for windows file system
mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy 

for linux file system - do
mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy

There could be issues of users (other than su) not having privledges
of being able to mount the floppy drive which are default
configurations at install time - that could be thwarted by editing a
configuration file... one which I couldn't tell you.

Actually, I just googled and found a link that will show you how to
allow users to mount a floppy drive...
http://www.linuxheadquarters.com/howto/basic/floppy.shtml

Hope that helps in some way...

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Best Regards,

Steve
www.slicehaven.com