Re: How to use floppy disk on RH9?

[Steve <steve focb co nz>]

you can use the mtools suite and use it similar to a dos disk (if all you
are wanting to do is transfer files)

i.e

insert blank disk

steve localhost# mformat a:
steve localhost# mdir a:

<directory listing>

steve localhost# mcopy fred.txt a:

etc etc

this also has the advantage of using the fat filesystem and as such you 
will be able to read/write these files on a standard windows PC

if you are wanting to use a pretty GUI to do the same then you will 
probably have to live with the mounting/unmounting of the disk and not 
ejecting sections of your filesystem at random.

While it may be possible to get an automounter to check for the presence 
of a floppy drive and mount/unmount it as required - I have never heard of 
any such beast and once you get used to mounting/dismounting then it 
doesnt really become a major issue.

For end users, it may be better to use network drives instead of floppy 
drives, which could have other advantages.. (just disable the floppy drive 
in the BIOS)

-- 
Steve.


On Sun, 1 Feb 2004, jiangyi178 wrote:

> Dear friends,
> 
> I found floppy disk is difficult to use:
> 
> Every time I use floppy disk drive, I have to launch a Disk Manager from
> Tools menu in Start menu,
> then insert floppy disk, go back to Disk Manager, mount the floppy; then I
> can use the floppy drive
> normally.
> 
> After usage, I need to go back to Disk Manager, unmount the floppy, then
> take out the floppy disk.
> 
> Is there a better way to operate floppy drive?(similar to PC's way)
> 
> (other issues are: if on the Nautilus file manager, the floppy drive is the
> active directory, then I cannot unmount
> the floppy drive; also, if I take out floppy disk before unmount, Linux will
> freeze).
> 
> 
> Thanks a lot in advance!
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Richard
> 
> 
>