On Mon, 2004-09-27 at 04:08 +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote: > How does one use one's floppy under kernel 2.6? > $ mount /floppy > mount: /dev/fd0 is not a valid block device > I tired /usr/share/doc/fdutils/Fdutils.html#SEC7 's idea: > for i in /dev/fd0*; do dd if=$i of=/tmp/foo count=1 && break; done > I tried modprobe floppy ide-floppy. > I didn't change fstab from 2.4 days. They must have changed the kernel. > Same lilo, append="pci=biosirq" or not. dmesg shows: > inserting floppy driver for 2.6.7-1-k7 > FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077 > Yes unit is plugged in. As root in /dev type: MAKEDEV floppy Another piece, is "udev" installed? If it is, it should create those auto-magically. Or you can manually use "mknod" to create them. Here is my listing for /dev/fd0: brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 0 2003-11-12 09:24 /dev/fd0 That would be: mknod --mode=0660 /dev/fd0 b 2 0 If it dunnah create one proper there, the disk drive or diskette is bad bad bad. more than likely the disk drive. -- greg, greg@gregfolkert.net REMEMBER ED CURRY! http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry Your dainty nostrils flare with the humblest grandiosity of an ant swallowing a water buffalo.
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