On Wed, 2 Jun 2004 21:11:15 -0400 (EDT), <fedora-list-request(a)redhat.com>
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Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2004 21:09:00 -0400
From: Phil Schaffner <P.R.Schaffner(a)IEEE.org>
Subject: Re: Zip files to multiple floppies
To: fedora-list(a)redhat.com
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On Thu, 2004-06-03 at 00:25 +0530, Parameshwara Bhat wrote:
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>But I have a great worry of this mount / unmount stuff
(Konqueror has
>troubled me a lot).I only want to know whether tar is able to access
the >floppy device raw ( without mount / unmount cycle ).I do not know
enough.
The floppy should not be mounted for use with tar, but if the user
is
other than root he/she must be granted write access - typically by being
added to group floppy. Use GUI admin tool of your choice or command
line:
# usermod -G floppy <user>
>Additionally ( a little off track ?) I must think creators of
Konquerors >and Nautilus'es very [KDE , GNOME]unimaginative.Why don't
they write a >nice GUI to these advanced abilities of various linux
utilities. E.g., I >use d4x for downloading.but I greatly deplore it's
inability to import a >broken download,which wget does so nicely.I had
halfdownloaded Knoppix,and >when I installed Linux,used wget to finish
it through symlink across ext3 >to vfat.Basically I miss nice GUIs here
in Linux.But guys are nice making >up for GUIs.
Personally I'm just an old command-line guy. GUIs are OK, look
slick,
and can be convenient for appropriate functions, but will never have the
flexibility and power available at the command line. OTOH they are
important to the goal of world domination, so hopefully the nice guys
can make them work better than the ones from Redmond. ;^)
That's greatly assuring.I think my initial not-so-nice experiences with
various distributions Of linux have made me think a little harsh about the
attitudes.As I said elsewhere on the list,security and other aspects for
desktop installations should not be on the same footing as for a
server.Also command line mentality still rules the roost.While granting
their power,it is really a distraction for a guy like me twho wants to use
computer only as a tool to get into their intricacies.Nice,functional GUIs
and sensibly setup Desktop Environment spare me time to concentrate on my
own job.
I am into Linux for long-haul.I have switched on a point of principle and
not because in India here there is any dearth of easily available pirate
copies of any new Windows versions.In fact in India,Linux costs and
troubles far more than Windows.
Hope we will all be part of the Linux evolution into a nice desktop OS as
user community.
Rgds,
Parameshwara Bhat
Phil