--- kdebase-3.5.7/kioslave/media/mediamanager/halbackend.cpp~	2007-09-12 15:08:41 +0400
+++ kdebase-3.5.7/kioslave/media/mediamanager/halbackend.cpp	2007-09-24 18:26:13 +0400
@@ -923,7 +923,10 @@ QStringList HALBackend::mountoptions(con
 
     if (valids.contains("sync"))
     {
-        value = config.readBoolEntry("sync", ( valids.contains("flush") && !fstype.endsWith("fat") ) && removable);
+	bool is_floppy = false;
+	if( removable )
+    	    is_floppy = QString(libhal_device_get_property_string(m_halContext, drive_udi.latin1(), "storage.drive_type", NULL)) == "floppy";
+        value = config.readBoolEntry("sync", is_floppy || ( ( valids.contains("flush") && !fstype.endsWith("fat") ) && removable ) );
         tmp = QString("sync=%1").arg(value ? "true" : "false");
         if (fstype != "iso9660") // makes no sense
             result << tmp;