At 09:19 AM 5/25/2005, Jim Perrin wrote: >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 > > >> >>copied a file to it by dragging from one Nautilus window to another >> >>Then I tried to unmount the floppy and got an error that the device >>(/media/floppy) was busy. > >Did you still have the two nautilus windows open when you attempted >to unmount the floppy? If you still have a window open and in the >floppy directory or if you have a terminal session in a mounted >directory, you will not be able to unmount the device. This to me >would explain why your steps work some of the time, and not others. thinking back... I closed the window that was open to the floppy, but not the other. Of course that one was open to the directory of the file that I dragged onto the floppy. BINGO! Next time I will close it too....