[PLUG] fstab entry

[Bill Morita]

If file transfer is you goal, why not use a Samba share (Assuming the 3.1
is not isolated) ?

-- Bill Morita
512-569-6387 (Cell)

On Sat, Aug 29, 2015 at 7:33 PM, Denis Heidtmann <denis.heidtmann at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Sat, Aug 29, 2015 at 11:16 AM, Galen Seitz <galens at seitzassoc.com>
> wrote:
>
> > On 08/28/15 08:20, Denis Heidtmann wrote:
> > > I needed to use the floppy disk on my ubuntu 14.04 system (why is a
> > > separate story).  I found that the default setup had the floppy owned
> by
> > > root. Even when I made myself a member of the group floppy, I did not
> > have
> > > write access. It appeared as if the drive was not a member of the group
> > > floppy.
> > >
> > > On searching for a solution I came across a change to /etc/fstab which
> > > solved the problem.  My question is, I would like to understand what
> > these
> > > changes do and what the entries mean, and make sure that the changes do
> > not
> > > have any flaws. Could the dropping of the utf8 option produce a
> problem?
> > >
> > > Original entry (as provided by the installation):
> > > /dev/fd0   /media/floppy0  auto   rw,user,noauto,exec,utf8  0     0
> > >
> > > New entry:
> > > /dev/fd0   /media/floppy   auto
> > rw,user,noauto,exec,gid=floppy,umask=007 0
> > >  0
> >
> > Do you really need to mount the floppy?  For occasional use, it's often
> > easier to use mtools.
> >
> > <http://www.gnu.org/software/mtools/>
> > <https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/trusty/+package/mtools>
> >
> >
> > galen
>
>
> Since Ubuntu supports the floppy though the GUI, and I now have user rights
> to it, I do not see the advantage of mtools.  I only use it to transfer
> files to and from an ancient windows 3.1 system a former colleague and I
> are trying to resurrect.  I suppose if I wanted to do something less
> routine with the floppy, I would benefit from mtools.
>
> With regard to the ancient system, how might I clone the HD so that in case
> the HD fails we will still have a functional system?  We do not  have the
> installation disks for the SW that is part of the system (win 3.1, IDL
> 3.6.1, and custom C code).
>
> Thanks
> -Denis
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