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  1. Bug #447489
  2. Comment #3

Comment 3 for bug 447489

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lemonnier (p-lemonnier1) wrote : Re: [Bug 447489] Re: [Karmic] unable to access floppy drive

Thank you very much for this information
Le lundi 24 septembre 2012 à 02:19 +0000, ChuckG a écrit :
> Incredible that this bug has remained open for 4 years.
>
> The solution is simple--DOSemu running as a user doesn't have root
> permission to access a physical device.
>
> You can fix this by
>
> sudo chmod a+rw /dev/fd0
>
> Note that you have to do this every time you reboot, as the device table
> is built fresh.
>
> I can run BIOS-level floppy access just fine using this.
>