Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2000 23:45:52 -0600 (MDT) From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> To: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu Subject: Floppy handling Is there any possibility of making Linux handle file systems on floppies like MSDOS, so that there is no need to explicitly mount and unmount a floppy drive in order to access floppies through the file system? Because of the inconvenience of mounting and unmounting floppies, I never do that; I only use mcopy. mcopy is covenient enough, for people who don't mind learning another few commands. But that isn't very easy for non-hackers, the kind of people who now prefer Windows. A complaint from a non-hacker about this is what inspired me to write this message. We want to make GNU/Linux appeal to Windows users, and this is one of the things necessary to do that. And if MSDOS could do this, surely we can. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/