Re: [Fwd: usb floppy drive/anything]
I am afraid you won't get usb support for your floppy
without a kernel recompile. Also if you are using the
2.2 kernel series then even a kernel recompile will
probably do you no good. USB is better supported with
the 2.3 kernels. Anyhow it is good to learn to compile
a kernel; you can get rid of all the junk you don't
need and it will make your system faster. The mount
that you performed with /dev/fd0 failed because the
system had no idea about your USB floppy drive. And
even if it did know (somehow) the floppy would not be
located under /dev/fd0 (it would be /dev/something
since it uses USB). The first link below should take
you to the kernel-howto. It will instruct you on how
to compile the 2.3 kernel that you need to download.
The second link will take you to the linux usb site
where you can find out what options to
configure/enable in the kernel.
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Kernel-HOWTO.html
http://www.linux-usb.org
If you really don't want to compile I invite you to
try finding a precompiled debian package of the 2.3
kernel compiled with USB support. Good luck.
Swamy
> debs,
>
> i just got a sony picturebook (pcg-c1xs) yesterday.
>
> i did a smooth, harddrive install. (thanks
> project!)
>
> having a usb floppy drive, i want to make a boot
> floppy, but the
> box doesn't recognize /dev/fd0.
>
> eg. "$ mount /dev/fd0 /bt <bentley taylor>"
>
> " mount: the kernel does not recognize
> /dev/fd0 as a block
> device."
>
> i'm a virgin at the recompile. but am i looking at
> that for usb
> support? installing potato? ...woody?
>
> ia, t.
>
> bentley taylor.
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