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[James Miller <jamtat AT mailsnare.net>]

On Tue, 15 Jul 2003, Andrew Langdon-Davies wrote:

> Aha! I installed the utils packet and now things work as I wanted. The
> reason it matters to me is that I am setting up this system for some people
> who find even Windows complicated. I have to make it as simple as possible
> for them. Now they can mount floppies and cds by clicking on the icons in
> xfm. Just like 'Big Brother'.

Congratulations, Andrew.  I am interested in doing this sort of thing too.
But how do they *unmount* them?  If they remove the floppy or CD without
first unmounting, there'll be trouble . . .  This is probably one of the
biggest downsides to Linux for Win users - the disk mounting/unmounting
thing.  And, for the production computer user (say, a secretary who
does mainly wordprocessing) who has to use removeable media alot, there
could be quite alot of time, and consequently productivity, loss involved.
Having to mount and unmount all the time, and having to remember to do so
- lest you destabilize the system - could noticeably increase the workload
of such a person and correspondingly decrease their overall productivity.

James