On 2/3/06, Jani Monoses <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Okay how would users mount a floppy disk? > > > > > > thunar in svn has just added volumes/mounting support for but only for bsd > platforms. > maybe a linux version is not that far. >
that shouldn't be a problem ... as i told in my own opinion a file manager that has mount support should have a pmount support too, that means a way to recognize new attached devices .. not just to read fstab. this could be a typical case: /dev/hda1 ---> / [fstab] ---> / /dev/hda2 ---> swap [fstab] ----> None /dev/hda3 ---> windows [fstab] ----> /media/windows /dev/fd0 ---> floppy [fstab] ----> /media/floppy /dev/hdc ---> cdrom [removable] ----> /media/cdrom `-(could even be in fstab) the cdrom can be mounted using a volume manager, all the others can't ... then a new usbstick has been attached: /dev/sda1 ---> usbstick [removable] ---> /media/usbstick the "media" folder should contain all the devices mount points, the user knows that everything in there is a "device" and he can access data opening that directory. i think an r-click should shows the *[same options]*, rox-filer can (u)mount devices in fstab .... thunar has not mount features ... still. That's why i think thunar is better. If i'm not wrong jani told he would have a "places" plugin for the panel ... and i think that could be the solution ... Thunar to browse the files ... and something else to access and list devices ... something like the "computer resources" in windows. there are then desktop icons .... where r-click can show "mount|umount|open". Back to the case i presented ... desktop icons: home --> open [*] computer resources ---> open hda3 --> open|mount|umount floppy --> open|mount|umount cdrom --> open|mount|umount|eject usbstick --> open|mount|umount (or somthing like "safe removal") [*] computer resources can be a panel, it reads desktop files and acts in the same way as the icons on the desktop, i will show you an exemple as soon as i'll have the time to complete what i'm doing. This can be useful if thunar will be the choice and it will not support "volumes". For dapper+1 it will , i'm sure ciao df -- xubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel
