[64studio-devel] saving to floppy - why save and unmount to physically save?

[Pete Crook]

re: saving to floppy - why save and unmount to physically save?

I have looked around and with my very limited understanding of linux it 
seems common in distros NOT to set up copy and paste to floppy using 
right mouse click (and also saving direct from programs) in ONE 
operation as in m*cr*s*ft windows .
Can anyone explain to me why the "windows" way is not standard?
Is it part of the kernal or something and so cannot be changed?
Surely it just needs paste and save instructions to contain two steps - 
not difficult surely?
Also why do we have to mount and read or open in two operations?
I know this is irrelevant to a big studio but as mentioned in a previous 
post I am working on using 64studio (on old machines so its the 32bit 
version) in British school classrooms (without networking or internet) 
where small midi or text/diagram files need to be saved to floppy.

Still a great distribution though, by installing the KDE and KDE 
multimedia package I can play CD's, midi files, midi and cdg karaoke 
files, record in through mic or line input to audacity, and rosegarden 
1.4 works a treat with external XG midi keyboards . Using Ardour etc. is 
still a bit baffling, but first things first!
I'm still experimenting on different machines and I'm not quite sure of 
exactly what makes things work, but its early days yet.
I need to now be a bit more systematic so I can make clear requests to 
Daniel and Free as they their development work continues.

regards to all,

Peter Crook