The following procedure worked instantly on Ubuntu 12.04:
REMARK:
The df command shows that /dev/sdd show that d the last assigned drive in use. I need to know this to find the next available one, which is used in the subsequent sudo mount ... command. In my case, the next drive will be /dev/sde .
You will need to determine the correct drive for your own system. For example, you might have /dev/sda, or sdb, or sdc.
So, first, to see the drive information:
df
Next, run mkdir and mount :
mkdir /mt/ee1
sudo mount -t vfat /dev/sde /mt/ee1 -o uid=1000
For automatic execution at boot time, I normally use Perl scripts, which detect and adapt automatically and give stable names to the partitions.
I do not need this at this point of time for floppies, and therefore I didn't optimize it. Perhaps the command "mount ..." is not optimal....)
A more general but a bit primitive solution would be to create a bash/batch file with multiple lines as above with sudo... , with the several probable possible variants /dev/sd... on the specific PC.
Then there might be a call of this file in the settings of "Startup Applications".
I did not test this.
In addition, this does not deal with the aspect of removing or inserting a different floppy disk. This could be done in some automatic or at least semi-automatic manner....
I do not know if the way above is optimal. I just wanted to add helpful information, after having settled my own problem with the preceding answers.
Best Answer
Try this. just press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open Terminal. When it opens, run the command(s) below: