Comment 20 for bug 103378

After installing Kubuntu 7.10 directly I also encountered the problem of mounting a floppy. Of the various solutions found on the internet only the procedure

sudo mount -o rw -t msdos /dev/fd0 /media/floppy0

worked.

But I found out later that first installing Ubuntu and then adding the Kubuntu desktop through

sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop

and starting up Kubuntu I could now create a floppy desktop icon (right click desktop, create new, link to device, floppy device) by means of which I could now mount and unmount floppies. So, for me, the problem is solved.