Re: Mounting floppy (or not) - Debian 2.2r5 for ppp (potato)
On Wed, Mar 27, 2002 at 11:24:14AM +0000, Clive Menzies wrote:
> After installing the MkLinux version of MAKEDEV it didn't seem to
> run. So I installed MkLinux on another partition to check the floppy
> major and minor numbers. fd0 is also major 2 and minor 0 on MkLinux.
> I shall try "info mknod" to see if it sheds any light but I'm still
> confused.
The kernel from nubus-pmac.sf.net is NOT an MkLinux kernel. MkLinux is a
Linux kernel running as a server on top of Mach, and the kernel at
nubus-pmac is a true native kernel port. I have 3 systems (PowerMac
6100s) with the nubus-pmac kernel running on them, and their floppy
drives work fine. The kernel is known to support the SWIM3 floppy
controller on those systems (also used in several others). Does 'fd'
show up under 'Block devices:' in /proc/devices? Did you build a custom
kernel for that system, or are you using one of the stock kernels posted
on the site?
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