Floppy Icon missing from Desktop

[utu]

FWIW,

I have NO fd on my system.
cd /var/log..........................................'set up shop in /var/log
rm user.log........................................ 'erase user.log
hwinfo --floppy --log user.log.............. 'generates a 600k text file in user.log

less user.log | grep fd......................... 'doesn't tell me anything useful about anything fd...
less user.log | grep floppy................... 'nor does this


Just watching the lxterminal, this 600k of text
flies by on one line in about 1 or 2 sec.

I have a cdrw.
Doing a similar exercise as above,

rm user.log
hwinfo --cdrom --log user.log ..............'generates a text file almost as big as for floppy

less less user.log | grep cd................... 'tells me a lot about cd... things

As before,
Just watching the lxterminal, this 600k of text
flies by on one line in about 1 or 2 sec.