On Sun, 8 Sep 2002 14:11:35 -0500
Joseph Braddock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Under the 9.0 RC1 (and all 9.0 betas and even 8.2), if supermount is loaded, you
>cannot format a floppy disk. The work around is to disable supermount, unmount and
>then remount the floppy and format it. Then after the format, unmount it and enable
>supermount again.
>
> Although many people no longer use floppy disks, since Mandrake is directed at the
>desktop and newer user, it would be great if this could be fixed (or at least not
>have a format option in KDE/Gnome for the floppy device).
>
> Joe Braddock
Using 9.0 RC1 I can confirm not being able to format a floppy in KDE that is
(super)mounted . As mentioned in the KDE help:
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Important
Make sure that your floppy is not mounted. Kfloppy cannot format a mounted floppy.
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When no floppy is mounted and the KDE floppy formatter is started
and _then_ a floppy is inserted all works well AFAICS if you choose 'format'.
However this error message is displayed when no floppy is inserted before
choosing format:
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Cannot format: /dev/fd0u1440
/dev/fd0u1440: No such device or address
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Maybe it should ask for a floppy to be inserted ;) And an error message like:
'cannot format a mounted floppy' if appropriate with suggestions on how to
solve the problem would make it even _more_ user friendly.
HTH,
-Frans
