Win98 -- all kidding aside

[Jimmy Montague]

On Thu, 2008-07-31 at 22:54 +0200, Mario Vukelic wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-07-31 at 15:47 -0500, Jimmy Montague wrote:
> > the power to
> > format floppies should be available to Ubuntu users through the GUI.
> > 
> 
> As I just wrote, spend a bit of time to get familiar with things before
> telling everyone how stupid they are. To repeat:
> 
> Right-click the Applications menu to edit the menu. In the left pane go
> to System Tools. Click it, then check the box next to Floppy Formatter.
> This will add the floppy formatter to the System Tools menu. Start it
> from there.

Well, I did just as you suggested: I now have "floppy formatter" in my
system tools menu. When I unmount the fdd, I click Applications --
System Tools -- Floppy Formatter and I get a dialog window.

I select the floppy type, the format I want, type in a name for the
disk, click format and, after about thirty seconds, I get an adamant
system lock. Force reboot with the reset button, try the same thing
using a different floppy disk, and get the same result. So much for
floppy formatter, I guess.

By the way, I saw your post suggesting that I should try Kubuntu. In
fact I been there, did that last week. Inside my Ubuntu system, I
downloaded a Kubuntu disk image and burned it onto a CD. Then I powered
down and booted from the CD. I saw a menu that offered me options,
including "install" and "verify cd". I figured I should verify the cd
before attempting an install, and so I did. Kubuntu install said the
disk was perfect. So I clicked "install." At the 22 percent line on the
progress slider, I got an adamant system freeze. I walked away and left
it for two hours. At the end of that time, it was still frozen. So I
powered down and tried again. At the 22 percent line on the progress
slider, I got ANOTHER adamant system freeze. So much for Kubuntu.

I wiped the hdd, reinstalled Ubuntu, and (one week later) here we are.

I am discouraged. My temper groweth shorter daily.

Jimmy