On Wed, 19 Jul 2000, you wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I am having a Dickens of a time with this supermount. I am using the
> new Helium and either in root or my dir, yes I can click on my floppy
> icon and access the floppy disk. However, if I want to use the floppy
> for anything else, say to make a mkbootdisk, I cannot access my
> floppy.
mkbootdisk $(uname -r)
I get "not a valid block device" ... Or sometimes, I have to
> umount the floppy first and then mount it again. It varies. On the 7.0
> version of Mandrake, I did not have this problem. My floppy icon
> could be either mounted or umounted, by right clicking it, or using
> the command line.
>
> What is the purpose of this supermount? Why do I need it? How can I
> turn it off, so that I can use my floppy like any other distro?
>
> Regards,
> Gary
see 'man supermount', then do 'supermount disable'
I believe you'd be better off to learn how to use supermount tho.
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