As KDE is only a program that runs on top of linux, it cannot break system basics in any way. Don't see linux like windows, where the GUI is the OS, here the GUI is running on your OS. If you could mount your floppy before and you have not changed something in your basic system (changing /etc/fstab, changing modules.conf or unattach your floppy drive's data or power cable), there's a fair chance, that your floppy drive went dead. If you have another one from another PC and you know the drive is working, then change the drives to give this a try. But this problem is in no way coherent with KDE or KDE settings. Greets, Daniel Am Samstag, 15. März 2003 22:36 schrieb Herman Kerkhofs:
Yes, I know mounting basics as you can see below.
mount /media/floppy
Altouch this is the first time I did it this way, I always clicked on an icon in KDE. (cd-rom, floppy)
It is the first time that I can not mount a floppy, I managed to install an Ogg Vorbis file from floppy. (this file was a Van Halen song :o)
Well it does mount, but when I try to install the file the light on the floppydrive coes out.
Why this is not possible anymore I don't know, but I find it very strange.
Maybe something went wrong during the installation of KDE 3.1, and so my OS is broken.
I will look in /var/log/messages as you told me so, and I will let you know what I found. (or not)
Greetings,
Walter