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Andrew Langdon-Davies wrote:
>
> >> etc/fstab which reads:
> >> /dev/fd0 /floppy auto noauto,users 0 0
> 
> According to man mount, 'user' allows any user to mount 
> and the same user to unmount. 

That's not what 'man mount' says on my system.  It says: 
"Only the super-user may mount and unmount filesystems."
That's from the man2 section.  I see there is a reference to
a man8 mount, but that is not on my system.  I do remember
reading about putting user in /etc/fstab to get around this,
but I have never tried it myself (I always have a root login
open to do such things).  

If you are only mounting DOS-formatted floppies, you might be 
able to get around this by installing /slakware/a5/floppy.tgz.
It allows you to access DOS-formatted floppies without mounting.  
For example, mdir gives you the directory and mcopy copies to/
from the floppy.  You've also got mattrib, mbadblocks, mcd, 
mdel, mdeltree, mdu mformat, mkmanifest, mlabel, mmd, mmount, 
mmove, mrd, mread, mren, mtoolstest and mtype.

Cheers,
Steven