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Fujitsu Siemens

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Registered: 2023-10-05

Posts: 2

Floppy disk in Q4OS 5.2

Hi all. I'm rather new to Linux, have tried different distros for about a year and finally landed on Q4OS for my Old Pentium 4HT Computer. Far better than everything else I've tried on this aging hardware. I'm actually able to use this PC as a daily driver now, and it looks awesome with the classic windows theme included.

Just a question about using the floppy drive onboard my desktop computer. I can't see it in the storage device folder, only my ssd and hdd. The DVD drive isn't there either, but when I put in a CD it pops up of course. Not so with Floppy Disks. How can I read and write to a floppy?

I don't "need" this feature of course, but I use it sometimes because it is nostalgic :-)

Thank's for a fantastic OS!

detoo

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Registered: 2019-01-17

Posts: 86

Re: Floppy disk in Q4OS 5.2

Q4OS is basically Debian with a different interface, so have a look at this:

https://wiki.debian.org/Floppy

Fujitsu Siemens

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Registered: 2023-10-05

Posts: 2

Re: Floppy disk in Q4OS 5.2

Q4OS is basically Debian with a different interface, so have a look at this:

https://wiki.debian.org/Floppy

Thank you very much. Found what I needed here. Apparently I had to add a line in /etc/fstab: and now my floppy drive is working.