Public bug report changed: https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/32599 Comment: With linux-image-2.6.15-16-386, I have to do "sudo modprobe floppy". Then the floppy works ok. Except for some other floppy bugs like bug #28783. And I have a "Floppy Drive" and a "Floppy 1" in my Nautilus "Computer" view.