Beginner Q1: Linux incapable of handling FDD?

[NoOp]

On 01/14/2010 09:50 AM, Dave Woyciesjes wrote:
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> 
> 	Yep, 9.04 can open floppies just fine. My box is standard, no funny 
> stuff. Just upgraded from 8.04 - 8.10 - 9.04...
> 

I have a test system w/8.04 on one partition & 9.10 on the other. Both
are clean default installs.

8.04 mounts the floppy just fine (there is an ongoing issue of the name
changing from 'Floppy Drive' to the name on the floppy, but that's
another bug).

Boot to 9.10 and I cannot mount the floppy unless I go to the terminal and:

$ sudo mount /dev/fd0 /media/floppy0