disk drive?

[qzilver]

I am completely new to linux and i have no idea what to do. And this may sound like a stupid question but i can't seem to find the flopy disk on my linux when i do find it is there a way to link it somewhere easier to find?

help would be appreciated thanks in advance

[bosox79]

Originally posted by qzilver
I am completely new to linux and i have no idea what to do. And this may sound like a stupid question but i can't seem to find the flopy disk on my linux when i do find it is there a way to link it somewhere easier to find?

help would be appreciated thanks in advance

What Linux distro are you running? what window manger are you running? if you could post the output of the mount command that will also be helpful

to do that open up a konsole/terminial window & at the prompt type mount. then post the output of the command in your reply via a copy & paste

post back with the info I asked for & i will attempt to help you further:D

[qzilver]

I am running redhat linux 8.0 and wat do u mean by window manager, if its gnome and kde i think i am using gnome (i think)

and wat do u mean by "then post the output of the command in your reply via a copy & paste"

and wat exactly is the output of the mount command?

i no these are kind of dumb questions hehe :)

[bosox79]

Originally posted by qzilver
I am running redhat linux 8.0 and wat do u mean by window manager, if its gnome and kde i think i am using gnome (i think)

and wat do u mean by "then post the output of the command in your reply via a copy & paste"

and wat exactly is the output of the mount command?

i no these are kind of dumb questions hehe :)

ok cool thanks that is helpful a window manager is a GUI eg kde or gnome

and wat do u mean by "then post the output of the command in your reply via a copy & paste"

I meant I wanted you to post the text that appears after you type mount @ the prompt from the terminal window/konsole so that I can take a look at it & see if your floppy drive is mounted in linux ( so I could tell if linux was seeing it ) just highlight the text then press control + C to copy the text & then control +v to paste it.

now back to your problem see if you are able to mount your floppy disk in gnome try this you can mount a diskette in the GNOME desktop environment by right-clicking on the desktop and choosing Disks => Floppy. check out this link for further help with that process http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-7.3-Manual/getting-started-guide/ch-disks.html
what happens when you attempt this? hope that helps. Post back & i'll help further!

[2damncommon]

Usually there is a floppy or fd0 icon on the desktop. No?

[bosox79]

Originally posted by 2damncommon
Usually there is a floppy or fd0 icon on the desktop. No?

from what I gather from qzilver's post, he, does'nt have an icon on the desktop

[TomSi]

Originally posted by bosox79
from what I gather from qzilver's post, he, does'nt have an icon on the desktop

if you can work with the command mode, just try " mount /mnt/floppy" as root, it should work.