> I have Ubuntu 9.04. I find it much more cantankerous than MEPIS. In
> MEPIS I could copy/paste drag/drop from folders to floppy and vice versa.
> With Ubuntu I can't use the built-in floppy at all. I can read and copy
> from a USB floppy to the hard disk but not the other way. When there is
> a blank disk in the USB floppy I cannot paste the files I just copied
> from the other floppy onto the blank one.
I tried Ubuntu and Kbuntu, I stay with Slackware, so I guess.
In a console when you <enter> "dmesg | less" do you get boot information?
If so, can you find where the floppy device/s are recognized? Is it being mounted ro
(read only) by any chance? (it should be scrollable)
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Ron KA4INM - I'm proud to be Chuck's pop!
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