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I just installed this Distro, because out of ten different ones Freespire to fedora, Suse 11 to BSD, it was the only [live CD] one to recognize and allow opening my USB floppy.

However after installing it, I tried formating a floppy, and it keep telling me I don't have Write permission to access the Drive, and to see my Administrator.

Well I [the User] saw Me [the Administrator] and decided neither of us had a clue, and to ask for help.

Help ?How do a access the write permissions for devices under Mint?

You are telling me the floppy formatter app in the menu doesn't work-- ? then why have it there?

I have several dozen Floppies I wanted to Format.
I have to do every one with the Terminal. Leaping Lizards Batman, DOS returns.

Wait a Minute I tried it.

a@a-desktop ~ $ sudo mkfs -t vfat /dev/fd0
[sudo] password for a:
mkfs.vfat 2.11 (12 Mar 2005)
/dev/fd0: No such file or directory
a@a-desktop ~ $

?Any other Ideas?

under Media I have a Floppy & a Floppy0