Thanks for the advice on the usb floppy. Now that it's working, let me ask, it is necessary to unmount and mount each time I insert a new floppy disk, or is there some way to simplify the process? In the past I would use mtools, but with the usb setup that gives the following:
~$ mdir /floppy Can't open /dev/fd0: Permission denied Cannot initialize 'A:' I'm using Hotplug now which seems to work well. usbmgr worked but leaves some modules still to be loaded. /dev/sda /floppy vfat rw,user,noauto 0 0 --- David Goodenough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Monday 24 June 2002 21:01, steve thompson wrote: > > I have a Fujitsu P-2040 lifebook on which I've put > > Woody with the 2.4.18 kernel. It has an external > usb > > floppy drive which I anticipate using just > > ocassionally. I managed to mount it by loading a > > number of modules for scsi and usb support using > > modprobe and the mount command. What would be the > > most convenient and efficient way to have it set > up to > > use whenever I want, not having it attached at > other > > times? > > > > Should the modules be included in /etc/modules? > > > > Should the mount information be in /etc/fstab? > > > > Thanks in advance for any advice and opinions. > > > > Steve > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup > > http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com > > What you need is the hotplug package. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free http://sbc.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
