[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I currently have my floppy set up so that users can mount ms floppies with > the > line > > /dev/fd0 /floppy msdos user,rw 0 0 > > in /etc/fstab > > I tried changing "msdos" to "auto", but no dice. Is there a change so that > it > can automount both msdos and ext2 disks?
Try the fdmount program from fdutils package. It autodetects the file systems and mounts up the disk for you. The fdumount program undoes this. > rick, who also wonders why linux and 10 year old mac's can read/write msdos > disks faster than windows Floppy drives are inherently slow. At least Linux doesn't suspend all other programs on the system while writing to the floppy device. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
