[newbie] Writing to floppy disc

[John Bartlett]

On Sat, 2004-05-08 at 11:20, Bryan wrote:
> I am using Mandrake 9.2 and KDE. I can't figure out how to copy or save
> files to /mnt/floppy. I am able to format a floppy disc though.
> 
> There is a small padlock symbol on the desktop icon for the floppy drive
> and the screen for setting permissions under Properties is greyed out -
> not accessible. But, I notice the box for writing is blank.
> 
> Can anyone telll me how to save or copy to the floppy disc? Change the
> necessary permissions?

Hi Bryan,

I delayed responding for a while as I am a newbie too and cannot even
format a floppy using RedHat 9.

I do know however that if you open KDE or Nautilus from a command screen
as root, you should lose the padlock and be able to copy to the disc. I
don't think there is any way to change to root from within a user KDE
screen.

I probably got some of that wrong but that should ensure that someone
really knowledgeable will put us both right!

How often are you tempted to go back to the dark side?

John