On Tuesday 11 September 2001 09:22, you wrote: > On Monday 10 September 2001 02:37 pm, you wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have recently installed mandrake 8, whenever I try to access the > > floppy drive when it has a disk in (tested on boot disk in case non > > linux file system was the problem) I get the message - Unable to enter > > file:/mnt/floppy. You do not have access rights to this location. > > > > I have not altered any settings since installing and this error is > > given even when logged in as root. Can anyone help? > > > > thanks in advance > > lee > > I had this same problem with my floppy drive and my CD-Rom drive. The > solution that worked for me was to delete the desktop icon that mandrake > supplied and create a new floppy device, then under the device tab I > selected my floppy device and it worked fine. > > Hope its that easy for you. Hi Lee If the above doesn't work, go into Userdrake and add yourself to the 'floppy' group. skinky _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
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