[gentoo-user] floppy flops: further tests

[Philip Webb <purslow@sympatico.ca>]

Thanks to all whom offered advice re using file managers with diskettes.

I changed the line in  /etc/fstab  to
  '/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,user,umask=000 0 0'.
The results were the same: Krusader insisted on being root to do anything;
Thunar copied & deleted a file ok & was a bit faster than before;
Dolphin copied & deleted, but refused to update the file list,
which is probably a bug given the beta status of Dolphin.

I also tested formatting a diskette as ext2 via 'mkfs /dev/fd0'.
This worked & the file managers had very fast responses,
but I couldn't unmount the device, which the system insisted was "busy":
it was enough to exit X & become root, when it unmounted at once.
It also created some unintended dirs on the diskette
(possibly there's a format option to avoid that: I haven't checked).

So my conclusion is that -- as often with Linux & Gentoo --
the old way is best & for real-life purposes nothing beats Mtools on CLI.
Thunar -- the work of Xfce's Thor character (smile) -- performs adequately,
but Krusader is intended for weightier tasks & Dolphin is still immature.

Further comments are welcome.

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