Re: usb floppy
In Gnome, there is an applet that allows you to click and mount the floppy. Also there is a program called murasaki which will allert the system when the floppy is pluged in. It makes a nice beep noise on my laptop. This is the easiest why I fond to do this.
Good Luck,
-Jeff
On Mon, 24 Jun 2002 13:01:53 -0700 (PDT)
steve thompson <stevetxt@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I have a Fujitsu P-2040 lifebook on which I've put
> Woody with the 2.4.18 kernel. It has an external usb
> floppy drive which I anticipate using just
> ocassionally. I managed to mount it by loading a
> number of modules for scsi and usb support using
> modprobe and the mount command. What would be the
> most convenient and efficient way to have it set up to
> use whenever I want, not having it attached at other
> times?
>
> Should the modules be included in /etc/modules?
>
> Should the mount information be in /etc/fstab?
>
> Thanks in advance for any advice and opinions.
>
> Steve
>
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