Re: [SLE] Failure to ope floppy in "My Computer"

AmigaPhil_at_ping.be
Date: 06/18/05

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To: "Robert Paulsen" <suse-linux-e@suse.com>

    Robert Paulsen (robert@paulsen.homeip.net) wrote something I wish to comment :
    (news:<200506171739.59934.robert@paulsen.homeip.net> posted on 17-juin-05
    23:39:59)

    >> > > > Oh yes, floppy in drive. I can mount it manually (as root) with
    >> > > > "mount /dev/fd0 /mnt".
    >> > >
    >> > > Which version of SuSE are you using? Also can you show the line
    >> > > in /etc/fstab for the floppy.
    >> >
    >> > SuSE 9.3. Here is fstab:
    >> >
    >> > /dev/fd0 /media/floppy subfs
    >> > noauto,fs=floppyfss,procuid,nodev,nosuid,sync 0 0

    Same as here, but I can access to floppy using Konqueror (/media)
    without having to mount anything by hand.

    >> Try adding user as one of the options. It can go anywhere in the
    >> portion of the line that starts with noauto.
    >> I added this this to mine and the error went away but did not show the
    >> contents of the floppy. If I cd /media/floppy and issue ll all of the
    >> files show. Looks like another little bug that made it through QC and
    >> needs to get fixed.
    >>
    >
    > The "mount" command shows:
    >
    > /dev/fd0 on /media/floppy type subfs
    > (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,sync,fs=floppyfss,procuid,user=robert)
    >
    > Every time I click on the floppy icon in "My Computer" an additional mount is
    > created and the mount command shows multiple copies of the above outout.

    I had about the same problem with zip disks. I could not eject the
    disk because it was mounted multiple time (I had to unmount it as root
    to unlock the drive). The entry in fstab was:

    /dev/hdd4 /media/zip auto noauto,user 0 0

    And it showed later in mtab as:

    /dev/hdd4 /media/zip subfs rw,nosuid,nodev,sync,fs=floppyfss,procuid 0 0
    /dev/hdd4 /media/zip vfat rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,user=amigaphil 0 0

    For another reason, I run once an automated repair, and when the
    program examined the fstab entries, it prompted me that there was
    no device in /dev/hdd4 (or something like that) and asked if I wanted
    to remove the entry. As I remembered there was a problem with the
    zip drive, I replied yes.

    Now I can access the zip disk just like the floppy, no need to mount it,
    no locked drive anymore.
    This is using Konqueror (/media/zip) . If I click on the zip icon from
    the 'My computer", I now get a "unable to mount" error message.

    Can you use your floppy with Konqueror (/media/floppy) ?

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