On 14 Apr 2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Uwe Brauer wrote: > >> On 14 Apr 2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> You probably already have: /dev/fd0 /floppy auto user,noauto 0 0 >>> Change it to/add: /dev/sda /floppy auto user,noauto 0 0 >>> >>> >>> >> Good point, >> >> >> >> I have /dev/fd0 /floppy vfat >> defaults,user,noauto,showexec,umask=022 0 0 >> >> So I guess >> /dev/sda /floppy vfat defaults,user,noauto,showexec,umask=022 0 0 >> >> >> Would be the right thing, and in fact it works! >> >> The only thing which remains to be done is to configure the KDE >> floppy >> symbol to mount correctly the device. I will try this. >> >> Thanks >> >> >> >> >> > It's great that the KDE community is addressing ms* floppies, but, > remember mtools (i.e. mcopy and mdir and mdel) allows one to iteract > with ms* floppies without mounting.... > > James
nope not for the external usb floppy I was asking for. ( mtools were my first try of course )

