Good afternoon Staff and Readers,
The Floppy A Drive classic-looking icon is one of 8 displayed when opening the "My Computer" folder on the desktop. If I highlight the icon this data is displayed:
<<Name: Floppy Drive>>
<<Type: Unmounted floppy>>
<<Modified: 1969-12-31 1600>> (langbein: where did this string arise?)

When I double-click this icon an error window appears immediately with this information:
<<Error-Konqueror>>
<<The process for the media protocol died unexpectedly>>

In an adjacent pop-up window the following details are provided:
<<mounting/dev/fd0>>
<< 0% >> (langbein: in the installation "progress" rectangle)
<< cancel>>

Once again, if LQ Wizards/gurus/readers can provide any options, I would be most appreciative!
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Platform: open SUSE 9.3
Desktop: KDE
Control Center, Hardware Information displayed under Floppy Disk:
BUS: Floppy
CLASS (SPEC): Floppy Disk
CLASS: Mass Storage Device
DEVICE NAME: /dev/fd0
MODEL: Floppy Disk
OLD UNIQUE KEY: xjDN.oZ89vuho4Y3
RESOURCES
SIZE
CINCH
unit: cinch
x: 350
y: 0
SECTORS
unit: sectors
x: 2880
y: 512
UNIQUE KEY: sPPV.oZ89vuho4Y3
bus_hwcfg: floppy
dev_names: /dev/fd0
NotReady: Yes <<<----(langbein: NOTE THIS ENTRY!)
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Sincerely,
langbein

I left my response in the original thread because there was no hot link to this new post. When moderators move threads they do so with links.

Thank you Fragos for moving your correspondence to this new thread. I did not realize that I should have notified the moderator and asked for a link.

Quote:<Dispite that the floppy icon say unmouted it is actually mounted with file name /media/floppy/. I apologize if I misled you -- I told you how it's supposed to work and it didn't. I couldn't examine the floppy contents with the GUI but can using command line bash shell in a console /terminal window. 1st I put a floppy in the drive, it had some data on it and then:

Bash command "mount" told me it was mounted on /media/floppy

"ls /media/floppy" gave me the top level directory

"cat /media/floppy/ReadMe.txt" listed that text file in the console window.

"kate /media/floppy/ReadMe.txt" opened up a GUI window with the kate editor and that file.
There appears to be a bug.>


First an incredible development: I WORKED OUT THE "KINK" WITH THE FLOPPY A DRIVE!
Since your latest note (quoted above) indicated there another way "into" this "unmounted" floppy, which was really mounted, I returned to the root directory and opened the /media folder. Next after loading a floppy with an OpenOffice.org version 1.1 *.sxw file with text into the floppy A drive, I double-clicked the floppy subfolder in /media. Lo and behold the A drive opened and the floppy disk containing the *.sxw file was correctly displayed. I went on to create two new files in the floppy using the *.sxw word processor. When I returned to WinXP and opened the A drive floppy, both new files were present! Thus the A DRIVE OPENS, SENDS DATA AND RECEIVES AND SAVES NEW DATA CREATED IN SUSE.

I'll return soon and get some help with this new area: "using command line bash shell in a console /terminal window."

Thanks again for your support; I'm finally gaining a little confidence in this new "language" called Linux.

Sincerely,
langbein