Comment 46 for bug 30207

I've been looking for this answer, and here it is!

I have Kubuntu Feisty Fawn (7.04) installed from LiveCD (no upgrade) on an Intel based i386 laptop (Toshiba Satellite P105-S6147). I have a USB floppy drive connected to a USB seven-port hub. I was unable to mount and access any inserted diskette. My /etc/fstab entry for the device is:
/dev/sdd /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0
The only way I could mount and access the floppy, with a diskette inserted, was to open a root Konsole and mount it manually. The work-around fix by Arc at permalink https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kdebase/+bug/30207/comments/45 was tried, and it worked. I didn't like that it opened up all the HDs and their partitions for access, so I opted to use Maini Marco's suggestion with a slight modification. I access my floppy drive (with inserted diskette) by typing media:/sdd/ in the location bar. This mounts and opens the floppy drive diskette.

This basic issue needs to be given a high priority for fixing. One should not have to go to this trouble to simply have access to ones USB floppy drive.