Floppy not working on Ubuntu 8.10

[miketan63]

Floppy not mounted by default . After much sudo able to gain read & write access . Floppy Formatter (gfloppy & KFloppy) not working on Ubuntu 8.10 - Cannot initialize device - You do not have proper permission ..... . Newer versions available on Debian 5.0 LiveCD - able to format ext2 file without questions or any sudo . Unable to shut down Ubuntu since using from 7.10 to 8.10 . Have to reboot into Windows XP to shut down . Sound system muldy - need improvement . Too much bugs on Ubuntu . Firewall Configuration - ufw - missing from Administration . Manual install it . Tried - (Ubuntu - Ultimate Edition , Studio , Super ) - sound system still muldy . Tried Fedora 10 , Debian 5.0 - worst - no sound at all . Multiboot PC - Windows 7 Beta , XP Professional & Ubuntu 8.10 LTS (floppy & sound system perfect on Windows OSes) . Software installation from third party sources is too much hassles & troublesome - many times - unworkable . Hopefully Ubuntu 9.04 will be able to boot & format floppy without the need for any sudo . Despite all the Bugs , Ubuntu is still the BEST . Thanks, mike

19 Feb 2009 - Floppy Formatter working now . Only in msdos mode. Kindly review attached document . Thanks, Linux Newbie mike .

[Edmond Thiebaud (thiebaude)]

This bug has been around for 4 months now, i guess i wont never be fixed

On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 12:08 PM, Sergio Zanchetta <email address hidden>wrote:

> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 255651 ***
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/255651
>
> ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 255651
> floppy disk drive not detected (module not loaded) in Intrepid and Jaunty
>
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> Floppy not working on Ubuntu 8.10
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/330882
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug (via bug 255651).
>

[Derek Bollam (dbollam-deactivatedaccount)]

I am tired of getting this and similar mail.

D.

[miketan63 (miketan63)]

Edmond Thiebaud, Bugs fixed successfully. Attached document.

[Derek Bollam (dbollam-deactivatedaccount)]

miketan63 wrote:
> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 255651 ***
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/255651
>
> Edmond Thiebaud, Bugs fixed successfully. Attached document.
>
>
> ** Attachment added: "Floppy Drive Activation for Ubuntu 8.10 .doc"
> http://launchpadlibrarian.net/23210759/Floppy%20Drive%20Activation%20for%20Ubuntu%208.10%20.doc
>
>
Too late. I am with Debian.
D.

[Edmond Thiebaud (thiebaude)]

too late i went back to xp,but going back to ubuntu when 9.04 comes out in
april and then i will ditch xp forever.

On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 10:49 PM, Derek Bollam <email address hidden> wrote:

> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 255651 ***
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/255651
>
> miketan63 wrote:
> > *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 255651 ***
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/255651
> >
> > Edmond Thiebaud, Bugs fixed successfully. Attached document.
> >
> >
> > ** Attachment added: "Floppy Drive Activation for Ubuntu 8.10 .doc"
> >
> http://launchpadlibrarian.net/23210759/Floppy%20Drive%20Activation%20for%20Ubuntu%208.10%20.doc
> >
> >
> Too late. I am with Debian.
> D.
>
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> Floppy not working on Ubuntu 8.10
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/330882
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug (via bug 255651).
>

[Andy Whitcroft (apw)]

You should check out bug #255651. Jaunty already has this bug fix applied to it and will appear in updates shortly. The fix for Intrepid is in testing. If you have Intrepid you could help with that testing.