On Fri, 2007-12-28 at 10:28 -0700, Robert Citek wrote:
> [...]> Some of the kids don't know how to save files to mem sticks or
> floppies either,
>
> In other words KDE under Debian doesn't automount removable storage.
> In Ubuntu there's an option one can change: System > Preferences >
> Removable Drives and Media > Storage. Does something similar exist
> for KDE?
Debian DOES automount removable storage, at least with etch it does.
Does everyone know that removable storage like mem sticks or floppies
needs to be gracefully unmounted afterward? It isn't obvious (not even
in Windows), but if the device isn't unmounted properly it can become
unusable/unreadable.
> > This became obvious when an older child couldn't do it. She knew
> how to save it in MS Word format however.
>
> Do any of the classes cover various ways to save a file (floppy, USB
> stick, desktop, e-mail)? If they do, maybe we need to measure
> competency in the task (e.g. swap floppies, e-mail the file to the
> instructor, other)?
This may be a "Save as ..." issue where it is not obvious how/where to
find the removable media as the save to location. I told Doc I would
look into it once the classroom is up and running ...
t.
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