you can use the mtools suite and use it similar to a dos disk (if all you are wanting to do is transfer files) i.e insert blank disk steve@localhost# mformat a: steve@localhost# mdir a: <directory listing> steve@localhost# mcopy fred.txt a: etc etc this also has the advantage of using the fat filesystem and as such you will be able to read/write these files on a standard windows PC if you are wanting to use a pretty GUI to do the same then you will probably have to live with the mounting/unmounting of the disk and not ejecting sections of your filesystem at random. While it may be possible to get an automounter to check for the presence of a floppy drive and mount/unmount it as required - I have never heard of any such beast and once you get used to mounting/dismounting then it doesnt really become a major issue. For end users, it may be better to use network drives instead of floppy drives, which could have other advantages.. (just disable the floppy drive in the BIOS) -- Steve. On Sun, 1 Feb 2004, jiangyi178 wrote: > Dear friends, > > I found floppy disk is difficult to use: > > Every time I use floppy disk drive, I have to launch a Disk Manager from > Tools menu in Start menu, > then insert floppy disk, go back to Disk Manager, mount the floppy; then I > can use the floppy drive > normally. > > After usage, I need to go back to Disk Manager, unmount the floppy, then > take out the floppy disk. > > Is there a better way to operate floppy drive?(similar to PC's way) > > (other issues are: if on the Nautilus file manager, the floppy drive is the > active directory, then I cannot unmount > the floppy drive; also, if I take out floppy disk before unmount, Linux will > freeze). > > > Thanks a lot in advance! > > Best regards, > > Richard > > > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
