By accident, I have now found out how to mount, read and write to a floppy using Konqueror 3.5.2 (as on the Kubuntu 6.06 Live CD). Here is how:-
Right click on an empty area of the desktop. Move the mouse pointer over the 'Create New' line to expand the menu. Move the mouse pointer over the 'Link to Device' line to expand the menu more. Left click on the 'Floppy Device' line on the device list. This should bring up a window for setting the properties of the link. Open the 'Device' tab and click on the down-arrow to bring up the list of available devices and then select your floppy, e.g. /dev/fd0. Finally, click on the 'OK' button to create a link icon on the desktop. Clicking on this desktop icon will open Konqueror, mount the floppy (if unmounted) and it will display the files on your floppy. If the line in your /etc/fstab is like below, Konqueror will mount either DOS or EXT2 formatted floppy disks: /dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto user,noauto 0 0 It seems that the Konqueror bug is in the 'Media' window which always shows the floppy as 'unmounted'. -- media:/ does not handle floppy mounting correctly https://launchpad.net/bugs/30207 -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
