Quick Access to Floppy in Linux?

[mrmmills]

Linux Flavor=RH8

Ok there must be an easy "default" way to mount (and umount) the floppy drive from the command window. OK I don't know what it is really called, but if you type "Alt F2" it brings up the equivelant of a the "run" command in Windows.

1) So - what do I have to type (after typing "Alt F2") to mount the floppy? umount the floppy? Without going to a terminal.

2) I also loaded the ADM service, "auto disk mananger" service to make life easier. So if i change floppy disks, what do I have to do to have the system unmount the first one and mount the second one?

3) If I have the floppy mounted what is the quick and easy way to see what is on the floppy after typing "Alt F2". You know to show a directory listing of the mounted floppy. In a GUI? In a terminal?

I would like to know the different answers to all these questions.

The answer I am looking for is not:
Open an xterm window and type: mount /mnt/floppy
To unmount, type: umount /mnt/floppy

[Alex Cavnar, aka alc6379]

KDE sometimes has an icon for the floppy disk on its desktop, as does gnome. You should be able to right click on the floppy drive and select "Mount" or some option like that.

The problem with going to the "Run..." window is that unless your floppy has the "user" option in /etc/fstab, you haev to be root to mount it.


Besides, what's wrong with typing mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy in a terminal? You might not always hava the option of running KDE or Gnome, so it's good practice. Besides, it doesn't take too long to type that command.

You could even make a command alias to make it even quicker!

[sharth]

you should be able to simply type this..

mount /dev/fd0

umount /dev/fd0

or use something like xvmount