diff -up mtools-4.0.9/mtools.conf.conf mtools-4.0.9/mtools.conf
--- mtools-4.0.9/mtools.conf.conf	2009-03-01 00:01:03.000000000 +0100
+++ mtools-4.0.9/mtools.conf	2009-03-09 18:21:40.000000000 +0100
@@ -16,11 +16,10 @@
 
 # Example mtools.conf files.  Uncomment the lines which correspond to
 # your architecture and comment out the "SAMPLE FILE" line below
-SAMPLE FILE
 
-# # Linux floppy drives
-# drive a: file="/dev/fd0" exclusive
-# drive b: file="/dev/fd1" exclusive
+# Linux floppy drives
+drive a: file="/dev/fd0" exclusive mformat_only
+drive b: file="/dev/fd1" exclusive mformat_only
 
 # # First SCSI hard disk partition
 # drive c: file="/dev/sda1"