On Tue, Apr 09, 2013 at 01:46:09PM -0400, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: > Fred Smith wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 09, 2013 at 12:21:10PM -0400, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: > >> Frank Cox wrote: > >> > On Tue, 9 Apr 2013 10:19:33 -0400 > >> > m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: > >> > > >> >> Hmmm... didn't see it mounted, but I'll try more tonight. Last night > >> >> included a) playing with system, and b) finishing up our federal > >> >> taxes.... > <snip> > >> I also can't seem to find the USB 3.5" drive I borrowed - lsusb sees it > >> (at least since the last reboot), but trying to find it to mount it is > >> something I'm still digging at, and I doubt mtools can find it. > > > > As far as I remember (I'm not as young as I used to be, and it's been a > > while), the 3.5" USB floppy drive here would recognize a (formatted) > > floppy when inserted and mount it automatically, on Centos 5.x. > > (assuming it contained a recognizable filesystem...) > > Even if there's nothing about floppies in /etc/fstab? Or is that something > I need to configure for autofs? As far as I can remember, yes. > > > > now that I"m running 6.4, I haven't tried the floppy drive yet. I'll try it on the 6.4 system that's now running on that box and see what happens. > > > > (I have piles and stacks and drawers of 5.25 and 3.5 inch floppies with > > various stuff stored on 'em. I used that usb drive (and an internal 5.25 > > inch drive) to grab images of all of them (with dd) which I'll eventually > > organize and burn onto CD or DVD, so I can get rid of all the floppies.) > > Exactly my goal right now. > > mark -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us ---------------------------- Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. ----------------------------- Isaiah 40:28 (niv) -----------------------------