-=> BOB BREED wrote to PASCAL SCHMIDT <=-

 PS> Huh? Modern distributions have either a) an automounter running or b)
 PS> icons on the desktop to access, for example, the CDROM drive - and if
 PS> you click on that, it automatically mounts the disc.

 BB> Well, I used the KNX_-hdinstall thing and I do get a icon on the
 BB> desktop for the floppy - not the zip or the CD drive though, but when I
 BB> click on the icon, I get a message that says "Unable to run
 BB> dir/file:/mnt/floppy"

 BB> I've worked my way up the tree into root and see the /mnt section, has
 BB> hda, and a couple of other things in it, no floppy, but when I click on
 BB> HDA I get zero files, zero (something esle.)  :)

This almost sounds like you logged on as Knoppix User instead of
as root?
To be root your user name IS root.
Working as root all the time is dangerous as you can do most
anything including but not limited to clobbering the MBR
or recursively wiping out all the software.

Took me a couple weeks and a bit of assistance to get myself
a user account with modem and dialer access.


 
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