Re: usb floppy drive/anything

[pplaw <pplaw@pcisys.net>]

pplaw wrote:

> 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.
>
> //

p.s.  i forgot to mention that i floppy boot the system with no prob
(except it just takes about 5 minutes--because i'm using a "generic"
boot disk).

b.

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