Mike McCarty wrote: > Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: >> >> Why not use "gnome-mount -d /dev/fd0"? It can be run by a normal >> user, as log as they are the console user. (Logged into the machine >> locally.) > > $ gnome-mount > bash: gnome-mount: command not found > > Is that reason enough? > This is a Fedora install? >> Then again, if you only want to copy files off the floppies, you can >> use mtools. > > Another set of tools which I'm not particularly familiar with. > The tools I use, mount/umount, are found on all *NIX like systems. > > Since I know how to use a set of tools which are ported nearly > everywhere, I prefer not to learn every possible dialect of tool > which is not ported. > True, mount and umount are found, but will you find the *fat or msdos file system support? Mount does not help if the system does not support the file system you are trying to mount. I am fairly sure mtools is portable across most *NIX systems. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
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