My current set up. Nothing spectacular, just trying to figure out what all I can do. Dual monitors but they are set up as separate as separate X screens.
Screen 0 - http://freehill.net/images/screen0.png
Screen 1 - http://freehill.net/images/screen1.png
I finally figured this out so I'll answer my own question. ;)
First I added a floppy entry to /etc/fstab.
/dev/fd0 /floppy msdosfs rw,noauto 0 0
Then changed permissions on /dev/fd0.
# chmod 666 /dev/fd0
Finally, I changed vfs.usermount to 1.
# sysctl vfs.usermount=1
I had this same issue with gnome2 when I tried to install it on 7.0-RELEASE. You need base, sys, and sbin sources if you are going the sysinstall route. If you look in the fusefs-kmod Makefile:
.if !exists(${SRC_BASE}/sbin/mount)
IGNORE= requires the userland sources to be installed. Set...
Is it possible to mount/unmount a floppy using the icon present on the Xfce desktop? When I double-click the icon I receive the error: Unable to mount "Floppy Drive": mount: /dev/fd0 : Operation not supported by device. After mounting manually if I try to unmount the drive with the icon I...
I'm not using it for anything in particular. Just learning something new, and testing to see if it will be a suitable desktop replacement once XP is no longer supported.
It's also nice to have a secondary OS installed just in case. ;)
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