runtime/doc/kioslave/floppy/index.docbook

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   9 <title>Floppy</title>
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  12 <author>&Alexander.Neundorf; &Alexander.Neundorf.mail;</author>
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  17 <para>
  18 The floppy ioslave gives you easy access to the floppy disk drives
  19 installed on your system.
  20 </para>
  21
  22 <para>
  23 The drive letter becomes the first subdirectory
  24 in the floppy &URL;. Let's say there is a file <filename>logo.png</filename> on your floppy
  25 disk in drive A, then the &URL; will be <userinput><command>floppy:</command><replaceable>/a/logo.png</replaceable></userinput>
  26 </para>
  27
  28 <para>
  29 If you want to access drive B, <userinput><command>floppy:/b</command></userinput> will do it.
  30 <command>floppy:/</command> is a shortcut for <command>floppy:/a</command>.
  31 </para>
  32
  33 <note><para>Note that <command>floppy:/logo.png</command> means you have a disk drive
  34 named <filename>logo.png</filename>.</para></note>
  35
  36 <para>
  37 To use it you need to have the mtools package
  38 installed, and the floppy ioslave supports everything the various mtools
  39 command line utilities support. You don't have to mount your floppy disks,
  40 simply enter <userinput>floppy:/</userinput> in any &kde; 3.x app and you will be able to
  41 read from and write to your floppy drive.</para>
  42
  43 <para>
  44 It also works with USB sticks, ZIP and JAZ drives.
  45 You can use <command>floppy:/u</command> for the USB stick and <command>floppy:/z</command> for the zip drive, for example.
  46 To make this work, you might need to adjust your <filename>/etc/mtools</filename> file. See the manpage
  47 for documentation.
  48 </para>
  49
  50 <para>The ioslave gives read and write access to the floppy drive, but not
  51 simultaneously. While you can read and write to the floppy during the same
  52 session, reading and writing have to happen one after the other, not at the same
  53 time.</para>
  54
  55 <para>Author: Alexander Neundorf <email>neundorf@kde.org</email></para>
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