Insert the disk in the drive, and execute the command (in an xterm):
The files are now available in /mnt/floppy. EG: "cp /mnt/floppy/* /home/vasanthraghavan/"
When you are finished, run the command
Make sure that you are not currently in any subdirectory of /mnt/floppy, or it wont let you unmount the disk. Make sure you do this, otherwise you will lose data.
I hope this helps
--Ian