Does rawhide read floppy drives?

[Anne Wilson]

On Monday 14 April 2008 16:28, Antonio Olivares wrote:
> --- Anne Wilson <cannewilson at googlemail.com> wrote:
> > The rawhide box is the only one I have left with a
> > floppy drive, used when old
> > disks require cleansing for disposal.  It doesn't
> > appear to be being read in
> > rawhide.  Should it work?  If so, what should I
> > check?
> >
> Yes, floppies should work
>
> Try gnome-mount -d /dev/fd0
> like
> [olivares at localhost ~]$ gnome-mount -d /dev/fd0
>
> If there is something wrong it will let you know,
>
> cannot determine filesystem... or something like that.
>
Right.  No error, and 'PC floppy' is now  listed in dolphin.  However, I can't 
read it as user.  No big deal, since I want to clean the disks, but what 
command would give me a user mount?

HAL used to automount these drives.  Doesn't that work at present?

Anne