Floppy problems

[Robbo]

>  From command line I managed to copy above files from floppy to Desktop, 
> so files do exist on the floppy.

I'm guessing this was done as root.

> A png made with the Gimp, tried to save to floppy, gives "Could not open 
> 'media/floppy0/xyz.png
> for writing:permision denied" Dragging and dropping same result "no 
> permission"

And this as a user?


How did you mount the floppy (I'm guessing it was done automatic?)

Next time you insert the floppy, type mount at the command line (user
access will be okay) and look for the floppy line..

Mine (although for the cdrom) looks like this, it should say
user=squareyes as one of the options for yourself.

/dev/hdc on /media/cdrom type iso9660
(ro,noexec,nosuid,nodev,user=richard)

If it doesn't, look for your floppy line in /etc/fstab.  It should be
something like this.  The option "user" is the option that may be
lacking for yourself.

/dev/floppy       /media/floppy  vfat    user,noauto     0       0