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 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 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 > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
