Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: ubuntu-docs
Floppy Drive Inoperative under Karmic
I have three machines with built-in floppy drives, and none of the drives work
under Karmic. All three are perfectly OK under Hardy, as they were under
various flavours of Windows previously.
I tried ading my user id to the group 'floppy' (why is this not the
default?), but it didn't help. It did however allow me to load a Virtual
Box module with floppy drive mounted - not that it worked within the
Virtual Box Windows XP either.
I found that if I added read and write for all users to /dev/fd0 on a
freshly-booted machine and then immediately loaded Windows XP within the
VB, It could read the first floppy presented, but only the first. The
drive 'busy' led lit and stayed alight for the duration of the presence
of the module, which I was not very happy about.
I don't think I can get any further under my own steam! Obviously few
people still use floppies and indeed I can use my USB-mounted floppy
drive if I need to. Equally obviously, something is wrong.
** Affects: ubuntu-docs (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Built-in floppy drive inoperative under Karmic
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/550918
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