[Novices] recording on a floppy

[Lunitix]

Time for me to take a stab at this also.

I may not explain this thoroughly, but it seems very simple to me.

1. Open a konqueror window. (Click on the icon that opens your home 
directory)

2. In the "Location" bar, type /media

3. This will open the "/media" directory in the konqueror window

4. Drag the Floppy icon to your Desktop

5.  Suse will ask if you want to "Copy", "Link", or "Cancel"

6.  Choose "Link"

7. You will now have a direct link to you floppy drive on your desktop

8. When you want to put something on a floppy, You can insert a floppy, 
and either open a konqueror window for the floppy by clicking on the 
link on your desktop and then dragging your file of choice to the window 
at which time you will be asked if you want to "Move", "Link", "Copy, or 
"Cancel" the file --- or you can just drag the file of choice over the 
icon (of the link to the floppy) and you will be asked the same 
questions as you would have been asked if you had opened a konqueror window.

Yes the issue that is here is that Suse, and many other distro's, do not 
feel the floppy is important anymore, thereby not giving you floppy 
access from the desktop.  But this can be changed if you want to take 
the small steps to create a link on your desktop.

Minding of Madness
Jon

Andrew Thompson wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-06-16 at 13:44, John Bridleman wrote:
>>* Brock Inglehart wrote:
>>>Is it really probable that Something as powerful and developed as Suse
>>>9.2 doesn't have a simple floppy utility all loaded and ready to go like
>>>K3B is to the CD?
>>It's not SuSE as much as it is KDE. I'm not a KDE user so I can't help without seeing it. Maybe someone that uses KDE can step in.
> 
> I think I can help, here. Brock, I think you know how to bring up a file
> list window, right? Do that, and if you don't see an extra pane on the
> left, with a set of icon tabs down the very left side, either press F9
> or select "Show Navigation Panel" from the "Window" menu. That should
> bring it up. Once you have it, look for an icon that looks like three
> boxes (red, blue, and green) arranged in a triangle. That's the
> "Devices" tab. Click that, and the left pane should show a list of
> drives on your laptop, including the floppy.
> 
> Make sure you have a disk in the floppy drive, then click the floppy
> disk icon, and your main window should display its contents. Also, back
> on that icon bar, look for a blue, house-shaped icon. That will change
> the navigation panel to show your home directory, so you can select that
> or any folders below it to view their contents.
> 
> One more thing; this may help you when copying from one location to
> another. You can split the main window pane in two horizontally or
> vertically. They're the first two options under the Windows menu, or you
> can press Ctrl-L (Left/Right) or Ctrl-T (Top/Bottom). The third option
> under the same menu will remove whichever pane is currently active
> (Ctrl-R is the shortcut for that), but when you have two or more panes
> open, you can drag files from one pane to the other to copy or move
> files. The file manager will ask which you want to do.
> 
> Hopefully all that helps. You should play around with those menu options
> and the navigation pane (and its icons) to get a better feel for it all.
>