On Saturday 19 January 2002 16:42, you wrote: > Hi. > > I just installed Mandrake 8.1 and can't seem to access the floppy drive. I > clicked on the floppy icon in the Desktop and got an error message [can't > mount device]. > > I'm new to Linux and I guess clicking on the icon isn't enough. What do I > need to do? > > Thanks This is a common problem, you may need to change the icon link, try this: right click on the icon and choose properties, you will see an device tab, click on that and then in the device box there will be a down arrow click on the arrow and look for /dev/fd0 (mnt/floppy) and right click on it. This will put it in the box and you can click on ok. Then with a floppy in the drive right click on the icon and choose mount, then left click the icon and in a few seconds konqueror should come up and show you the files on the floppy. Hope this helps. -- Dennis M. registered linux user # 180842
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