Comment 383 for bug 441835

Sorry for that 4 times the same...

I kept getting an error whilst trying to post.
Sorry!

On 09/06/2012 14:49, bert07 wrote:
> What is this about this bug?
>
> I think it was Martin who said rather a long while ago that he got tired
> of this bug and he didn't know how to fix it; whatever he tried.
>
> But indeed: there are many a people using Linux that still need access to a floppy.
> I, for one.
>
> In Lucid you can fix the problem by downgrading "udisks", but that's it.
>
> What lies beyond Lucid does not seem to be able to access any floppy any
> more. (Not only Ubuntu's.)
>
> Puppy still can, but for how long to come?
>
> I can understand that developers are getting tired of this bug, but still...
> There are still people around the globe who need floppy access.
>
> E.G.: I instaal or test run many distro's.
> Without my floppy boot back-up, I will get very often in lots of trouble booting.
>
> I need that floppy access!
>