On 2 Apr 2003, Scott Henson wrote: > On Wed, 2003-04-02 at 01:23, Scott Henson wrote: > > On Tue, 2003-04-01 at 20:37, Bruce wrote: > > > > > > > > Check out the mtools package. > > > > > > > > > > Yes, there are packages and command line tools to do many disk-related > > > things, but don't forget Mom used WP5.x as her file manager, and never saw > > > a command prompt, and isn't about to start now.... > > > > > > I was really just using the box of floppies as an example. Really, my > > > question is whether there is a reliable, GUI, way to access removable > > > media in linux?? > > gnome 2.2 has some nice features. The disk mounter applets might be of > > use. There is some limited retraining, but its one button and then the > > icon for that media apears on the desktop. My parents adjusted nicly to > > it. > I almost forgot. Also magicdev would also be something you might wanna > look at. Your gonna need an external repository, but from what I hear > about it, it does what you want. It only works for CD's right now, but > its a step in the right direction. Maybe burn all your mom's files to a > cd-r for her... its probably eaiser to search and will most likely last > longer. [...]
Wasn't there something like automount (a daemon or so; it is named AMD, I think). Came just to my mind. Burkhard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
