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Saturday 25 August 2007 15:15:29 kirjutas Byron Hale:
> Hi,
>
> I am unable to save my work because modifying /etc/fstab for
> a floppy doesn't get any traction.
>
> Also, I can't get online with it because both KDE & Gnome hang.
> Neither Ctl-Alt-Back nor Alt-Fn will get me out gracefully.
>
> I have just been resetting the system, losing my previous work.
>

What errors you got in your ~.xsession-errors file?
I'd recommend to use HALd with usb stick- floppy is like so last century. On 
my four computers only one got floppy drive....