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diff --git a/doc/userguide/removable-disks.docbook b/doc/userguide/removable-disks.docbook deleted file mode 100644 index 92929dcbe..000000000 --- a/doc/userguide/removable-disks.docbook +++ /dev/null @@ -1,122 +0,0 @@ -<sect1 id="removable-disks"> - -<sect1info> -<authorgroup> -<author> -<firstname>Edward</firstname> -<surname>Haven</surname> -<email>edward.haven@gmail.com</email> -</author> -</authorgroup> -</sect1info> - -<title>Removable Disks</title> - -<para>For &tde; to use any device, removable or not, the device must -first be mounted. When a device is mounted, &tde; gets all the needed -information about the device: how to read it, how to write information to -it, and much more.</para> - -<para>The use of a device is controlled by the operating -system and it is important your operating system has tools for managing -these devices. &tde; can also auto mount devices, working with -<acronym>HAL</acronym> (Hardware Abstraction Layer). Your distribution -should have set up <acronym>HAL</acronym> automatically; if not, -consult the documentation provided by your distribution.</para> -<para>There are several ways to find the list of media devices: use -whichever one suits you best:</para> - -<itemizedlist> -<listitem> -<para>Enter <userinput>media:/</userinput> or -<userinput>system:/media</userinput> into the &konqueror; location bar.</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para>Navigate to it by clicking on the <guilabel>Services</guilabel> -tab in &konqueror;'s Navigation Panel, then selecting <guilabel>Storage -Media</guilabel>.</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para>Select <menuchoice><guimenu>Go</guimenu><guimenuitem>Storage Media</guimenuitem> -</menuchoice> from the &konqueror; menus.</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para>Click the <guilabel>System</guilabel> desktop icon, then from -the window that appears, click on <guilabel>Storage -Media</guilabel>.</para> -</listitem> - -</itemizedlist> - - -<para>The <guilabel>Storage Media</guilabel> location (also known as -the media:/ protocol) will show all devices which are recognized by -&tde;, including the hard drive and &CD; and <acronym>DVD</acronym> -drives, as well as <acronym>USB</acronym> and Firewire devices, -provided that your distribution is set up correctly to tell &tde; -about them.</para> - - - <para>You can also setup &tde; to display a device icon -on the desktop. To start or configure this feature in the &kcontrolcenter; go -to -<menuchoice><guilabel>Desktop</guilabel><guilabel>Behavior</guilabel></menuchoice> -and select the <guilabel>Device Icons</guilabel> Tab. The device icon action -can be used to show both mounted and unmounted devices, or to only create an -icon when media is detected and automounted (only if automount is properly -configured), by not checking the unmounted boxes.</para> - -<sect2 id="automounting"> -<title>Automount</title> - -<para>With &tde; 3.5 and newer, devices can be automounted, meaning one only -has to insert the removable disk. &tde; will then open an automount prompt -asking the user <quote>What do you want to do?</quote> with the media. To -configure the list of options prompted for devices open the &kcontrolcenter; and -navigate to <menuchoice><guilabel>Peripherals</guilabel><guilabel>Storage -Media</guilabel></menuchoice>. Here you can add and remove programs from the -list of devices.</para> - -<para>The automount feature will only work if -<application>dbus</application>, <application>hal</application> and -<application>udev</application> are installed and the kernel is properly -configured. To find out if they are running on your system check the -<guilabel>Process Table</guilabel> in &ksysguard; for: -<command>hald</command>, <command>dbus-deamon</command>, and -<command>udevd</command>. &tde; does not provide any of these -components. You must check with you distribution.</para> - -<itemizedlist> -<title>Related Information</title> -<listitem><para><ulink url="http://wiki.kde.org/tiki-index.php?page=DBUS">HOWTO: setting up D-BUS and HAL with TDE's media ioslave -edit</ulink> (A community maintained HOWTO on the &tde; wiki)</para></listitem> -<listitem><para><ulink url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/dbus">The DBus page</ulink></para></listitem> -<listitem><para><ulink url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/hal"></ulink>HAL - Hardware Abstraction Layer</para></listitem> -</itemizedlist> - -</sect2> - -<sect2 id="mounting-removable-disks"> -<title>Mounting</title> - -<para>If your system does not automount, &tde; is configured to mount and -unmount devices which the current user has permission to mount. If a device -is mounted as the root partition (&ie; <literal>/</literal>), and you log in -to &tde; as a user, &tde; can not mount or unmount it without being given a -higher permission. To check a devices mount permission see the -<filename>/etc/fstab</filename> file.</para> - -<para>To mount and unmount devices manually in &tde; one only has to &RMB; -click the device icon in media:/ or on the desktop and select -<guimenuitem>Mount</guimenuitem> or <guimenuitem>Unmount</guimenuitem>, for -removable devices one can also unmount with <guimenuitem>Safely Remove</guimenuitem>. &tde; still requires the device to be setup in -/etc/fstab.</para> -</sect2> - - - - -</sect1> |