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<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd" [
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<!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE">
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<!ENTITY % English "INCLUDE" > <!-- change language only here -->
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<article lang="&language;" id="floppy">
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<title>floppy</title>
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<articleinfo>
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<authorgroup>
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<author>&Alexander.Neundorf;</author>
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<author>&tde-authors;</author>
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<!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS -->
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</authorgroup>
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<releaseinfo>&tde-release-version;</releaseinfo>
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<date>Reviewed: &tde-release-date;</date>
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<copyright>
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<year>2010</year>
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<holder>&Alexander.Neundorf;</holder>
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</copyright>
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<copyright>
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<year>&tde-copyright-date;</year>
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<holder>&tde-team;</holder>
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</copyright>
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<abstract>
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<para>
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This handbook describes the floppy protocol.
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</para>
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</abstract>
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<keywordset>
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<keyword>TDE</keyword>
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<keyword>floppy</keyword>
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<keyword>protocol</keyword>
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</keywordset>
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</articleinfo>
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<para>
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The floppy ioslave gives you easy access to the floppy disk drives
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installed on your system.
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</para>
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<para>
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The drive letter becomes the first subdirectory
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in the floppy &URL;. Let's say there is a file <filename>logo.png</filename> on your floppy
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disk in drive A, then the &URL; will be <userinput><command>floppy:</command><replaceable>
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/a/logo.png</replaceable></userinput>
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</para>
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<para>
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If you want to access drive B, <userinput><command>floppy:/b</command></userinput> will do it.
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<command>floppy:/</command> is a shortcut for <command>floppy:/a</command>.
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</para>
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<note><para>Note that <command>floppy:/logo.png</command> means you have a disk drive
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named <filename>logo.png</filename>.</para></note>
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<para>
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To use it you need to have the mtools package
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installed, and the floppy ioslave supports everything the various mtools
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command line utilities support. You don't have to mount your floppy disks,
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simply enter <userinput>floppy:/</userinput> in any &tde; 3.x app and you will be able to
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read from and write to your floppy drive.</para>
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<para>
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It also works with USB sticks, ZIP and JAZ drives.
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You can use <command>floppy:/u</command> for the USB stick and <command>floppy:/z</command> for
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the zip drive, for example. To make this work, you might need to adjust your
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<filename>/etc/mtools</filename> file. Read the manpage for documentation.
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</para>
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<para>The ioslave gives read and write access to the floppy drive, but not
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simultaneously. While you can read and write to the floppy during the same
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session, reading and writing have to happen one after the other, not at the same
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time.</para>
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</article>
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