just hatched newbie

[ifanator]

I installed M7.2. I bought the book Running Linux. I got the idea of /mnt/floppy. Great how do I send something to the floppy. For example In windows you can choose the (save as) option. Then you can scroll down and pick the 31/2 floppy. From Star Office and other office utilities I can't seem to get this done.
Also I just discovered I have a winmodem, Is there a way I can use this to connect to the net? Then I can get rid of windows (Yeah)
Also no sound? how do I fix that.

[SubPar]

To save to a floppy you need to have the floppy inserted and mounted, then you just save the file to the directory /mnt/floppy.

Winmodem: It may not work. You can check out http://www.linmodems.org/ and http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html to see if you can find drivers for your winmodem, but it's possible that there might not be any. You'll need to know what brand and model of a modem you have.

Sound: It depends on what kind of soundcard you have. Try running sndconfig and see if it can find what your sound hardware is.

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Got Konq (http://www.konqueror.org/)?

[Sterling]

Floppies - First, you have to mount the floppy. Most Linux distros are configred to let anyone mount a floppy disk on at least one of: /mnt/floppy, /mount/floppy, or /floppy. The most common, AFAIK, is the last. So to mount a floppy, type:
mount /floppy

Then write any files you want to write to the floppy to /floppy, just as you would write them anywhere else. Then, before removing the floppy, you have to remember to:
umount /floppy


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-Sterling
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[MkIII_Supra]

`Drake 7.2 will auto-mount just like winders, but there is a small problem with this, if you pull the disk before you leave the directory then you will have to reboot to get the frickin' floppy to read again!

Example:
INSERT FLOPPY INTO DRIVE.

cd /mnt/floppy
ls -al
cp foo.jpg /home/userName

REMOVE FLOPPY FROM DRIVE.

INSERT NEW FLOPPY FROM DRIVE.
I/O error cannot read from media....
I/O error cannot read from media....
I/O error cannot read from media....
I/O error cannot read from media....
I/O error cannot read from media....
I/O error cannot read from media....
I/O error cannot read from media....
I/O error cannot read from media....
I/O error cannot read from media....
I/O error cannot read from media....
I/O error cannot read from media....

You can try to unmount the floppy but I have yet been able to do so. So the correct method with the supermount floppy is:

Example:
INSERT FLOPPY INTO DRIVE.

cd /mnt/floppy
ls -al
cp foo.jpg /home/userName
cd

REMOVE FLOPPY FROM DRIVE.

In StarOffice in order to switch directories you can do it one of two ways that I have found:
ONE: Type in the directory you want to access / save to.

TWO: Click on the Directory Select arrow and hold the left mouse for about 2-3 seconds, this will activate a drop down menu that you can select from all the prime directories. Double click to open the appropriate directory.

I will send you an image if you would like or I can upload it and link to it if you need one to help out.


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[This message has been edited by MkIII_Supra (edited 27 December 2000).]