Re: No fd0
I don't know, other than maybe kernel module autloading is not turned on in
the kernel you are using...I kind of doubt that though.
Anyone else?
Jeff Goodman (jeff@waysoft.com) wrote:
>
> Thanks, Shawn. I'm smacking myself for not doing this in the first
> place. In my (feeble) defense, though - I assumed that the FD=m kernel
> parm would have caused the floppy module to be automatically loaded
> when required. In the teach-a-man-to-fish spirit, can you (or anyone
> else) explain where my thinking went wrong?
>
> On Thursday 09 December 2004 10:33 am, Shawn Clark wrote:
> > is the floppy module loaded?
> >
> > `lsmod | grep "floppy"`
> >
> > if not load it with `insmod floppy`
> >
> > append it to your "/etc/modules" and run `update-modules`. Next time
> > you boot it will load it automagically.
> >
> > jeff (debian@waysoft.com) wrote:
> > > I've been running testing on my home-built ASUS/Celeron for several
> > > months, with very few problems. Today, for the first time, though,
> > > I had occasion to use a floppy disk, and noticed that /dev/fd0 does
> > > not exist. /dev does have an "fd" symbolic, which points to
> > > /proc/self/fd, and there is a /.dev directory which DOES include an
> > > fd0 device. I'm running a stock 2.6.8-1-686 kerne, which includes
> > > CONFIG_BLOCK_DEV_FD=m.
> > >
> > > Any clues as to what this all means, and how I can get a /dev/fd0?
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > > -jeff
> > >
> > >
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