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Re: [trinity-devel] Formatting removable devices within Trinity

From: "Timothy Pearson" <kb9vqf@...>
Date: Thu, 9 May 2013 16:08:40 -0500
> All,
>
> Other than the kfloppy tool, does Trinity provide support for
> formatting removable devices?
>
> Is this something Trinity should do? Can kfloppy be expanded for
> such support?
>
> Darrell

Sounds like a good idea.  Probably the best way to do this is to add
support to the TDE hardware library, then add a Format button and
associated dialog to both the TDE hardware manager and the removable
device Properties dialog.  The Format dialog should, at minimum:
1.) Provide a drop-down list with all supported file systems
2.) Ask at least once before actually executing the format
3.) Allow the user to gain root privileges with tdesudo

This sounds like a good enhancement bug report. :-)

Tim