[Wolves] Floppy discs

[Ron Wellsted]

On Sun, 2003-09-14 at 21:00, Aquarius wrote:
> Sam uses floppies a lot to save stuff on. I've tried to tell her that a
> hards disc is fine, but she's not interested. She's using a KDE
> desktop, but Abiword for editing files. She'd like to be able to load
> and save things from floppy as well as the hard drive. There must
> surely be a better way than clicking the "floppy" link on the KDE
> desktop (created with "Create New Device" -> "Floppy Device"),
> navigating to /floppy in the AbiWord save dialog, saving, and then
> right-clicking the "floppy" link and saying "Unmount". That's arse. How
> would you suggest I set it up so it's better?
> 
> Any suggestions along the lines of "don't use KDE" or "don't use
> AbiWord" will not be entertained. I *know* that, but I can't change it.
> You just drag a file from the save box to the floppy in Rox...
> 
> Aq.

have a look at the automounter daemon (amd) this can be configured
automatically mount the floppy (or a CD) when inserted.  It will still
require the floppy to be manually dismounted however.

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