Re: Annoyances-floppies
David Vehrs <[email protected]>
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1. automount (i.e. attempt to mount with first write) 2. sync flag in fstab (i.e. write now, so I can eject whenever) My biggest Linux Annoyance is people who complain about a problem longer than it takes to find a solution. Dave V. On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 12:42:01AM -0700, Reilly Burke wrote: > From: Reilly Burke <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Annoyances] Annoyances-floppies > Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 00:42:01 -0700 > > After switching from Suse 5 to RedHat 9, I'm still bugged by floppy > drives. Most of Linux has improved in the years since Suse 5, > especially the really pathetic office apps. They're most excellent now > (Open Office). But one of my oldest Linux (Unix?) annoyances is still > there: mounting and unmounting floppies even using AMD. Floppies under > Linux are really primitive and irritating. Don't say,"Who cares - > floppies are ancient!" because I care. I use floppies a lot, and wish > that there was an easy way to deal with them (like Windows deals with > them). Also, Linux is still hopeless with old printers (like Okidata > 82s). Don't laugh - we still use Oki 82s to print your pay checks! > > Hoser Joe > > _______________________________________________ > annoyances mailing list > [email protected] > http://michelangelo.renaissoft.com/mailman/listinfo/annoyances -- David E Vehrs, System Engineer Aspen Systems [email protected] 3900 Youngfield Street Tel: +01 303 431 4606 Wheat Ridge CO 80033, USA Fax: +01 303 431 7196 http://www.aspsys.com