I tried 'mount -a' as root. The reports indicated that it was attempting to mount various other hosts on the network, but nothing abount mounting the floppy. I don't believe that I have kwikdisk on my machine. Besides, this doesn't seem to be matter of the OS thinking that the floppy is busy. I can open files on the floppy from other GUI programs or from a terminal. It seems to be only Kmail that has a problem with the drive. again, If, in the attach file dialoge box, I click on the floppy icon i get: Could not access drive mnt:. The drive is still busy. Wait until it is inactive and then try again. Today I learned, however, that if I click on the devices icon I get a list of devices, including the CDROM, the floppy, and remove shares. If I click on the floppy in that list, I can get to it. Something seems to be wrong with the floppy icon in the kmail dialogue box. Any idea how I get to its properties to see what might be the issue? ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- I don't know if you use the command line, but try the `mount -a` command. This will attempt to mount all available drives and partitions, and return the results to your terminal. If your not a command line user try using kwikdisk or some such GUI utilitiy On 11/9/05, Richard Dawson <rcdawson@xxxxxxx> wrote: > I'm not sure what led up to this, but suddenly, when I attempt to attach a > file from a floppy I get the message, "Could not access drive mnt: The > drive > is still busy. Wait until it is inactive and then try again." > > I can access the drive with other programs, such as konqueror or Kwrite. > > Note the drive activity light is not on during this time. > > I closed all other applications except Kmail. closed it and restarted. > Still > unable to access the drive. > > Any suggestions as to what might be the problem? > ___________________________________________________ > . > Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. > Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. > More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html. -- Got Gentoo? It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech. -- Mark Twain -------------------------------------------------------I don't know if you use the command line, but try the `mount -a` command. This will attempt to mount all available drives and partitions, and return the results to your terminal.
If your not a command line user try using kwikdisk or some such GUI utilitiy
On 11/9/05, Richard Dawson <rcdawson@xxxxxxx
> wrote:
I'm not sure what led up to this, but suddenly, when I attempt to attach a
file from a floppy I get the message, "Could not access drive mnt: The drive
is still busy. Wait until it is inactive and then try again."
I can access the drive with other programs, such as konqueror or Kwrite.
Note the drive activity light is not on during this time.
I closed all other applications except Kmail. closed it and restarted. Still
unable to access the drive.
Any suggestions as to what might be the problem?
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