Or, for that matter, you may not be part of the 'floppy' group. On a medium level secured install, no user can mount a CD or floppy without being in the floppy / cdrom groups.
Michael -- Michael Viron Registered Linux User #81978 Senior Systems & Administration Consultant Web Spinners, University of West Florida At 04:52 PM 01/19/2002 -0600, Dennis Myers wrote: >On Saturday 19 January 2002 16:42, you wrote: >> Hi. >> >> I just installed Mandrake 8.1 and can't seem to access the floppy drive. I >> clicked on the floppy icon in the Desktop and got an error message [can't >> mount device]. >> >> I'm new to Linux and I guess clicking on the icon isn't enough. What do I >> need to do? >> >> Thanks >This is a common problem, you may need to change the icon link, try this: >right click on the icon and choose properties, you will see an device tab, >click on that and then in the device box there will be a down arrow click on >the arrow and look for /dev/fd0 (mnt/floppy) and right click on it. This will >put it in the box and you can click on ok. Then with a floppy in the drive >right click on the icon and choose mount, then left click the icon and in a >few seconds konqueror should come up and show you the files on the floppy. >Hope this helps. >-- >Dennis M. registered linux user # 180842 > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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