[Liverpool] Mounting floppy in Ubuntu

[LALAYNG at aol.com]

Hello Everyone!
 
I'm a new member in Preston Brook, Runcorn.  I have many friends and some relatives in Liverpool.
 
I'm fairly new to Linux, but I did a bit about two years ago, and got somewhat frustrated with trying to install software, so I gave up.
 
I have recently installed Mandrake 10.1 .  It works well in everything, except I cannot go on the Internet with my wireless card.  More of that later.
 
I have also installed Ubuntu, and find it very attractive and easy to use.  There is one problem, though.  The Floppy drive refuses to mount.  The first CDROM mounts; the second CDROM mounts.  The floppy does nothing except display the error "given UDI is not a mountable volume", whatever that means.
 
It is not a weird floppy type ( the Mandrake install mounts it easily), but it does not run under Ubuntu.  Any help?
 
I found your address from Linux Format
 
Best Wishes
 
Anthony