[Fwd: Re: mounting floppy disk]
Hi all.
I'm re-sending this message, because I've got no response. Please help me, or
let me know where can I post this question.
Thank you in advance.
----- Forwarded message from Daniel González Gasull <gasull@altavista.net> -----
> Jiri Baum <jiri@baum.com.au> wrote:
>
> > Daniel Gonz_lez Gasull:
> > > > I have problems mounting /dev/fd0:
> > > >
> > > > # mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
> > > > mount: the kernel does not recognize /dev/fd0 as a block device
> > > > (maybe `insmod driver'?)
> >
> > Jens B. Jorgensen:
> > > This would seem to indicate your kernel lacks floppy drive support!? What
> > > do you get from: 'cat /proc/devices | grep fd'?
> >
> > And what do you get for 'ls -l /dev/fd0'?
> >
> > I get:
> > brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 0 Apr 13 20:16 /dev/fd0
> >
> > The important bits in that are the "b" at the beginning and the "2, 0" in
> > the middle.
> >
> > You will get a different date and time - that's normal.
>
> Then everything is OK:
>
> # ls -l /dev/fd0
> brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 0 oct 12 1997 /dev/fd0
>
> Thanx in advance for your help.
----- End forwarded message -----
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