v7.04

[NoOp]

On 09/23/2007 04:29 PM, Ari Torhamo wrote:
> On su, 2007-09-23 at 11:18 -0700, NoOp wrote:
>> On 09/23/2007 09:23 AM, Ari Torhamo wrote:
> 
>> > 
>> > The tool for formatting floppies in Gnome is called Gfloppy. You can
>> > start it from the command line simply by giving the command "gfloppy".
>> > You should be able to start it by going to Places -> Computer, right
>> > clicking the floppy drive icon and selecting "Format". If this menu item
>> > isn't available, as it seems to be in your case, then something has gone
>> > wrong with your installation (assuming that you have a floppy drive
>> > connected into your PC :-) 
>> > 
>> > You may have a look if you have the package gnome-utils installed.
>> > Gfloppy is a part of it. If the package is installed, you might try to
>> > re-install it and see if the "Format" menu item appears then.
>> > 
>> > 
>> > Regards,
>> > 
>> > Ari Torhamo
>> > 
>> > 
>> 
>> Does that work for you on Feisty 7.04? I'd be _very_ surprised if it does.
>> 
>> Doesn't on mine & while gfloppy is supposed to be in gnome-utils
>> (http://packages.ubuntu.com/feisty/gnome/gnome-utils), it was apparently
>> left out:
>> 
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-utils/+bug/107843
>> [I've been using kfloppy]
>> 
>> Also see:
>> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=456210
> 
> 
> You are right - I'm sorry for giving wrong information. I assumed that
> formating floppies in Feisty works the way I described, because to my
> remembering that's how I used to do it in some pre-Feisty versions of
> Ubuntu, and because that's how it's done now in Gutsy. Now when you
> raised this issue, I'm getting a little uncertain about how it was done
> before Feisty too :-/
> 
> Ari
> 
> 

No worries. I only remembered it because I had the same problem and
contributed to the bug report.

For the OP:

$ sudo apt-get install kfloppy

Then go to Applications|Accessories|Kfloppy

it's easier than bothering with an new gnome-utilities and/or installing
gfloppy from the .tz.