On Saturday 15 December 2001 03:38, you wrote: > How would you unmount it and is this doable from the desktop (GUI) or just > through shell? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gerald Waugh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 8:18 PM > Subject: Re: [newbie] Question on floppy > > > On Saturday 15 December 2001 01:49, Mithrilhall2000 wrote: > > > Yes there is a disk in the drive. > > > Yes it's formated. > > > I'm not sure about the last question though. Could you tell me exactly > > what > > > > you mean. I'm still very new to linux but if I am correct you're > > > talking about the File System Type? If so it's set to auto. > > > > command line. > > try "man mount" > > try "mount /dev/fd0 -t msdos /mnt/floppy" > > if it's an msdos floppy > > > > -- > > -Gerald > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >- ---- > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com On the desktop, right click on the floppy icon and there is a line that says "unmount" if the floppy is mounted or "mount" if it is unmounted. Click on that word and it will unmount or in the jargon "umount". HTH
-- Dennis M. registered linux user # 180842
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