Newbie floppy problem

[Greg Madden]

On Friday 17 March 2006 15:23, DonDashGuitar wrote:
> I'm having fun learning to use Kubuntu 5.10
>
> I can "mount" the floppy drive but I can't find any way to save/write
> anything to it.
>
> I've tried dragging and dropping from double panes in Konqueror and
> have also tried right-clicking on a file and copying it to the mounted
> floppy drive.
>
> I can transfer files into the computer via the floppy drive but can't
> save files to the drive.
>
> I acquired the computer used and didn't check the drive before
> installing Kubuntu so I can't be certain there's not a defect in the
> drive.
>
> Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> Don Crowder
> http://www.don-guitar.com

It is probably a permissions issue.You can read but not write.
Check to see if the user is in the floppy group, '/etc/group', and the 
permissions on the floppy allow writing by the user, '/etc/fstab'
-- 
Greg Madden