From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1HdHp2-0001RF-GN for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 16 Apr 2007 03:24:09 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l3G3MsJU021472; Mon, 16 Apr 2007 03:22:54 GMT Received: from tomts16-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts16.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.4]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l3G3IirU016807 for ; Mon, 16 Apr 2007 03:18:45 GMT Received: from sympatico.ca ([70.49.117.152]) by tomts16-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.13 201-253-122-130-113-20050324) with SMTP id <20070416031843.DLNM1673.tomts16-srv.bellnexxia.net@sympatico.ca> for ; Sun, 15 Apr 2007 23:18:43 -0400 Received: by sympatico.ca (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sun, 15 Apr 2007 23:18:43 -0400 Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 23:18:43 -0400 From: Philip Webb To: Gentoo User Subject: [gentoo-user] floppy flops: further tests Message-ID: <20070416031843.GA17512@sympatico.ca> Mail-Followup-To: Gentoo User Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-Archives-Salt: 95b34be0-1b8c-49ed-bc50-98c5d1dc37cf X-Archives-Hash: 6fbf8afd7de8d2fbeacc373173bf3286 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. -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb : purslow@chass.utoronto.ca ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Centre for Urban & Community Studies TRANSIT `-O----------O---' University of Toronto -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list