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I just installed Salix LXDE 13.37 32-bit on a Pentium III system that is about 10 years old. It boots up OK and I've been testing the various functions. When I click on "Floppy Drive" in PCManFM, it acts like it's starting to mount the diskette, the floppy drive light comes on, there's some activity in the drive, then a message pops up that says "Error: Directory doesn't exist!".

I can open up a terminal window and type and it shows displays the contents of the diskette. So, PCManFM did mount the diskette. It just won't display the contents.

Something appears to be configured wrong in PCManFM.
Any suggestions?

Is there any indication about what directory doesn't exist?

What happens if you navigate to /mnt/floppy with pcmanfm?

Is there any indication about what directory doesn't exist?

No

What happens if you navigate to /mnt/floppy with pcmanfm?

Yes, I can navigate to /mnt/floppy and read the contents of the diskette. But, even though PCManFM really did mount the drive, it doesn't recognize that the mount succeeded and when I right-click on "Floppy Drive" the Unmount option is grayed out. To unmount the drive, I have to open a terminal window and issue an umount command from there.

Can you install gmountman and see if it's possible to mount the floppy drive through it? I'm not sure you can, I haven't had a floppy drive for years.