auto mount floppy and access via dolphin

[ds_shellback]

Hi,
I'm trying to set up another kubuntu machine for someone else who can only transfer their existing files from an old windows machine using a floppy disk.

I can mount this using the following commands and copy files from it in konsole but it does not appear in the storage media in dolphin like a cd does. This will make it difficult for a linux newbie to access the files.

Is there a way to mount a floppy automatically and see it in dolphin

mount /media/floppy
umount /media/floppy

fstab line:-
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto,exec 0 0

[Rog131]

Re: auto mount floppy and access via dolphin

One way (create desktop icon):

Right click desktop > Create new > Link to Device > Floppy Device

When you right click Floppy icon:

[silvagroup]

Re: auto mount floppy and access via dolphin

You can still use konqueror, it's still on the Quicklaunch bar.
The fstab you indicated will give you auomount but I think you will also need create the mount point (folder) floppy0 in media:/ to see it in the media:/.

[ds_shellback]

Re: auto mount floppy and access via dolphin

Thanks for the help,

Desktop link sorted it and it opens in dolphin - great.

Still supprised that it's not visible in "storage media" in dolphin after its mounted like a cd is.
david@kubuntu1:/media$ ls -l
total 24
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 2007-10-19 17:38 cdrom -> cdrom0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2007-10-19 17:38 cdrom0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 2007-10-19 17:38 floppy -> floppy0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2007-10-19 17:38 floppy0
drwxrwxrwx 9 root root 16384 1970-01-01 01:00 shared[/list]

[matux]

Re: auto mount floppy and access via dolphin

I'm running an experiment: taking my pearents from win to linux. I've chosen Kubuntu Gutsy.
I'm trying to find a simple way for them to use floppy disks, so I used the same method (Right click desktop > Create new > Link to Device > Floppy Device).

I'm just wondering if after using the floppy it is necessary to unmount it. Is that so?
Because I didn't find a way to unmount from kde.

Thanks in advance,
Matías

[SheeEttin]

Re: auto mount floppy and access via dolphin

Well, I don't think floppy writes are delayed, so flushing a cache may not be necessary...
You can probably do it from media:/ (right-click > unmount), though I'm not sure it's necessary.

[matux]

Re: auto mount floppy and access via dolphin

Thanks for the info SheeEtin!
I'll give it a try.