Bug#264924: kfloppy: Can't find floppy drive
Package: kfloppy
Version: 4:3.2.2-2
Severity: normal
When I try to use kfloppy it complains "Cannot access /dev/fd0h1440".
That's because the file is /dev/fd0u1440. According to
http://alain.knaff.linux.lu/fdutils/FAQ.html#floppy-names the use of
"u" is the new recommended convention for 3.5 drives.
I am using devfs.
As a separate, but related, matter, there appears to be know way to
configure the name of the device the tool tries to access. That seems
unfortunate.
I worked around this with command line tools.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (600, 'testing'), (50, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.26advncd
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8
Versions of packages kfloppy depends on:
ii dosfstools 2.10-1 Utilities to create and check MS-D
ii kdelibs4 4:3.2.3-2 KDE core libraries
ii libart-2.0-2 2.3.16-6 Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libgcc1 1:3.3.4-3 GCC support library
ii libice6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii libpng12-0 1.2.5.0-6 PNG library - runtime
ii libqt3c102-mt 3:3.2.3-4 Qt GUI Library (Threaded runtime v
ii libsm6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System Session Management
ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.4-7 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii libx11-6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System protocol client li
ii libxext6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii libxrender1 0.8.3-7 X Rendering Extension client libra
ii xlibs 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System client libraries m
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.1.1-5 compression library - runtime
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