ChrisM Posted November 17, 2004 Report Share Posted November 17, 2004 (edited) not sure best place to post this post This has been a frustration for some time now. But how the are you supposed to save a document to a floppy drive e.g.in Open/Star Office? I can save the document/s in a directory, I can then go the desktop, double click the floppy icon>open up a directory and move or copy documents onto the floppy. However, if while I'm working on a document, I decide to save straight to floppy, i can't This is what i've been doing: save as>use the 'up one level' to /dev/floppy create a file name/type and press 'save' I then get the following error: Error saving the document <doument name.swx>: dev/floppy/<document name.swx> does not exist Well of course it doesn't, but I'm trying to create it so that it does exist. Here's the readout from cat /proc/mounts $ cat /proc/mounts rootfs / rootfs rw 0 0 /dev/root / ext3 rw 0 0 none /proc proc rw,nodiratime 0 0 none /sys sysfs rw 0 0 none /proc/bus/usb usbfs rw 0 0 /dev/hda6 /home ext3 rw 0 0 none /mnt/floppy supermount rw,sync,dev=/dev/fd0,fs=ext2:vfat,tray_lock=onwrite,--,umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-15,codepage=850 0 0 none /dev tmpfs rw 0 0 none /dev/pts devpts rw 0 0 none /dev/shm tmpfs rw 0 0 /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom iso9660 ro,nosuid,nodev,noexec 0 0 Why the word 'none' so much - am I using supermount here or not? I'm using Mandrake 10.1-but I don't think I've ever been able to do this using 9.2/10 Edited November 19, 2004 by ChrisM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris z Posted November 18, 2004 Report Share Posted November 18, 2004 (edited) please post your /etc/fstab here. EDIT: i'm getting sleepy & heading for bed. when you look at your fstab, look for the floppy line. if it reads anything different than what i have below, change it to that & save it. (note: it's always a good idea to back things up like this before making any changes, so back up your current fstab before making the change, just in case.......) your floppy line in fsatb should read as follows........... /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,user exactly like that, no more, no less. after you make the change, insert a floppy, then right click your desktop icon & choose "mount" from the drop down list. (or, you could also do in terminal as root......... mount /dev/fd0 or mount /mnt/floppy) it will take a few seconds to mount. then try saving the file in Open Office via the same method you described. it should work. does for me, i just tested it. Chris Edited November 18, 2004 by chris z Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisM Posted November 18, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2004 Thanks for this chris - will check it out when I gert home tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisM Posted November 18, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2004 (edited) please post your /etc/fstab here. your floppy line in fsatb should read as follows........... /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,user exactly like that, no more, no less. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Errrr, mines a bit more than that :unsure: here we go... /dev/hda1 / ext3 defaults 1 1 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 /dev/hda6 /home ext3 defaults 1 2 /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom auto umask=0,user,iocharset=iso8859-15,codepage=850,noauto,ro,exec,users 0 0 none /mnt/floppy supermount dev=/dev/fd0,fs=ext2:vfat,--,umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-15,sync,codepage=850 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda5 swap swap defaults 0 0 So, I need to alter this line in its entirety : none /mnt/floppy supermount dev=/dev/fd0,fs=ext2:vfat,--,umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-15,sync,codepage=850 0 0 (this is the full line in fsab as can be seen in screenie) It seems I've not got a good fstab here? Just a week or so ago, I was also having problems with mounting particular CDs. I backed up fstab and altered the line (the CD line), but changed it back to its original settings (above) when it was mucking up other Cds. Cheers. Edited November 18, 2004 by ChrisM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris z Posted November 19, 2004 Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 make your fstab look like this.............. /dev/hda1 / ext3 defaults 1 1none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 /dev/hda6 /home ext3 defaults 1 2 /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom auto umask=0,user,iocharset=iso8859-15,codepage=850,noauto,ro,exec,users 0 0 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,user none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda5 swap swap defaults 0 0 replace what you have with the red line, like above. try it......... Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisM Posted November 19, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 (edited) Hey thanks chris, but... As you can see from screenie, I edited fstab, and still I am unable to save a document direct to a floppy. I can move/copy documents to the floppy, but am unable to 'save as' Trying to save it straight to a floppy still brings me this error warning: Error saving the document <name.swx>: /dev/floppy/<name.swx> does not exist EDIT: Instead of using the pathway: save as> 'up one level' function to /dev/floppy and create a file name/type and 'save' I went another pathway, using the 'up one level' function, I went /mnt/floppy and then did a 'save as' which worked. What a carry on, what a polava just to save a doccy to disk. Cheers. Edited November 19, 2004 by ChrisM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris z Posted November 19, 2004 Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 (edited) did you mount the floppy drive before trying to save the file? mount /dev/fd0 or mount /mnt/floppy or right clicking the floppy drive desktop icon & choosing mount. Chris Edited November 19, 2004 by chris z Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisM Posted November 19, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 our posts must have been crossing during my edit. Cheers Chris. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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