Using floppies

[Norman Silverstone]

On Fri, 2005-01-14 at 12:09 +0100, Sven Wagschal wrote:
> Norman Silverstone schrieb:
> > Could someone please explain the following. I mount a floppie containing
> > some files. On double clicking the icon which appears on the desktop I
> > get a window showing the contents of the floppy. If I now run an
> > application such as OpenOffice and select open file and look at the list
> > given for desktop the file of the contents of the floppy does not show.
> > However, if I copy one of the files from the floppie window to the
> > desktop that does show. My reason for asking is that from time to time I
> > need to use floppies and I am trying to work out the simplest way of
> > handling them.
> > 
> > Norman
> 
> This is not a Mac, so floppies (and other removable media) are not 
> mounted into your desktop or home directory, but into /media. There is 
> only an icon appearing on you desktop which you can double click for 
> accessing the files on your disk. So if you are looking for the contents 
> of your floppy disk in an open or save dialogue, you have to browse to 
> /media/floppy.
> 
> OOo does not use the new gnome open dialogue, but in applications using 
> it you will find list of available volumes on the left where you can 
> select your floppy disk quite easily.

Thank you and 'nocturn' vey much for your help. Things are now a lot
clearer and much simpler to understand.

Norman