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In message <88R9a-3YR-1@×××××××××××××.it>, Philip Webb wrote: |
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> Ordinarily, I use Mtools to manage diskettes (floppies): |
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> it's very fast & efficient to copy & delete files from the CLI. |
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I presume you use only FAT12 formatted floppies (i.e. no ext2), as that is |
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the only format mtools supports (last I looked). |
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> I've long had Krusader installed & have recently tested Thunar & Dolphin |
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> & find that while they claim to handle diskettes, it's not reliable: |
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> sometimes they do copy or delete files successfully; |
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> sometimes they say they have, but nothing happens in the drive; |
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> sometimes they say they can't access the drive at all. |
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> I've added a line to /etc/fstab : |
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> '/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy vfat noauto,user 0 0' |
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Why use vfat for the filesystem? I would have thought msdos would make more |
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sense if all your floppies are FAT12. However, I use auto for the |
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filesystem (but noauto in the options) as I also use ext2 floppies. |
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Regards |
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Dave [RLU#314465] |
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dwnoon@××××××××.com (David W Noon) |
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