No fd0

[jeff <debian@waysoft.com>]

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