[Bug 30007] USB floppy automounting takes very long

[DaneM]

Public bug report changed:
https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/30007

Comment:
I've just finished testing the floppy drive on several of systems; the
original computer is Ubuntu Breezy on a P4-generation Celeron.  Here are
the results:

Ubuntu Breezy on P4/Celeron: takes a long time to mount (mounts and
opens automatically).  HAL and pmount are installed.  Killing hald and
using "pmount /dev/sda" takes a long time to mount, but eventually
mounts it on /media/sda.  Keeping hald "dead" and using "mount /dev/sda
/mnt/test" mounts it in under 10 seconds.

Gentoo 2.6.15 on AMD64: mounts in under 10 seconds using the command,
"mount /dev/sda /mnt/floppy2".  HAL and pmount are not installed on this
system.

Mepis 2.6.15 on Pentium 3: takes a really long time to mount (by
clicking on the floppy icon that appears on the desktop).  HAL and
pmount are installed.  Killing hald and then using "pmount /dev/sda"
causes it to take a long time to mount (but it eventually shows up on
/media/sda).  Keeping hald "dead" and doing "mount /dev/sda /mnt/sda"
mounts it in under 15 seconds.

Gnoppix Live 2.6.10 on Pentium 3: Mounts in under 15 seconds (mounts and
opens automatically).  HAL and pmount are installed.

I hope some of this is helpful.  What do you make of it?