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>On Mon, 2004-07-19 at 11:39, Joe Knapka wrote:
>  
>
>>Hi folks,
>>
>>I've googled and browsed around the RH doc some, but have not found
>>an answer to this no-doubt-trivial issue. Is there a way to configure
>>Fedora (Core 1) to  auto-mount the floppy drive whenever a floppy
>>is inserted, as it does with the CD-ROM?
>>    
>>
>
>Not possible due to hardware issues. There is no automatic notification
>of an insertion event in a standard floppy drive. USB floppies are
>different and Mandrake's supermount works well with it. My RedHat stuff
>(Once I configured the usb stuff correctly) also will automount and open
>my usb floppy.
>  
>
According to my A+ book, pin 34 on a floppy drive signals 
insertion/ejection of a disk, so the mechanism appears to be there.  On 
my Mandrake 9.2 system I can insert/eject a floppy at will.  Does not 
open a Konqueror window though.  Still have to do that myself.

>>Thanks,
>>
>>-- Joe
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