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author | Slávek Banko <[email protected]> | 2020-11-17 19:52:37 +0100 |
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committer | Slávek Banko <[email protected]> | 2020-11-17 19:52:37 +0100 |
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diff --git a/doc/khelpcenter/userguide/removable-disks.docbook b/doc/khelpcenter/userguide/removable-disks.docbook new file mode 100644 index 000000000..92929dcbe --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/khelpcenter/userguide/removable-disks.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,122 @@ +<sect1 id="removable-disks"> + +<sect1info> +<authorgroup> +<author> +<firstname>Edward</firstname> +<surname>Haven</surname> +<email>[email protected]</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> |