On my system with the same problem, I had to: cd /dev mknod /dev/fd0 b 2 0 chmod 660 fd0 chown root:floppy fd0
and then it worked as advertised. It was so strange, I emailed it to myself in case it happened on my next build. You'll probably need to precede each command with sudo. -- First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win. Emory On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 15:54, Chris Morley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yes Dave that command will make it work next time you reboot. > The original problem is that Ubuntu 8.04 doesn't always detect the floppy > drive on first set up. > so what you did was forced it to load the floppy module (so the floppy works) > and now you will tell it to always load that module on start up. > Type the command carefully! > by the way incase you didn't know- sudo is the command to allow you to do > Administer work on files . > it's used to protect you from doing something bad with out knowing that it > probably is important. > as an intergrater in EMC you might use it quite a bit. If you run a command > and get something like 'command no permitted' > you probably need sudo and should think about what you are about to do! > > Glad I could help-Funny I just read about his in emc's IRC (chat forum). > > ---------------------------------------- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2008 22:25:28 +0200 >> Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Desperately seeking my floppy drive >> >> Hi Chris >> I've just included you on my Christmas list, >> As soon as I hit enter after 'sudo modprobe floppy' the LED light came on >> briefly and it now reads the floppy disk. It is also in the Places as 1.5MB >> Media. So far so good, should I now run >> 'echo floppy|sudo tee -a /etc/modules' and reboot? >> Dave > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
