"If you use a regular floppy drive : Gnome: double clicking on the Floppy icon you get "/dev/fd0: Input/Output error" warning box, but the drive is mounted buy you don't get file manager window. KDE: clicking on the floppy ifon you get "The desktop entry file /root/Desktop/Floppy Device is of type FSDevice but has no Dev=...entry", and the drive is not mounted."
This defect is considered MUST-FIX for Winston Gold-release
Working now. Closing per mick