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Distribution: dual boot windows 7 and bodhi laptop and fedora pc and 2 windows machines
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saving file to floppy in suse
im using suse and am writing a book. i need to save each chapter to floppy for college but everytime i try it either says access denied or the floppy remains blank?????????????? please help ive 7 chapters to save for tommorrow
Distribution: K/Ubuntu 18.04-14.04, Scientific Linux 6.3-6.4, Android-x86, Pretty much all distros at one point...
Posts: 1,802
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Ok, first of all, delete the icon that is created for you by the installation for that floppy and create another. Then create a new one on the desktop. Make sure that permissions are set to enable writes, when selecting the device, use the choice for /media/floppy (/dev/fd0).
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