Am Dienstag, 3. Juni 2008 schrieb ext Tim: > I recently had occasion to need a floppy drive. Thankfully, there was > one in my Gentoo box, but no support in the kernel. I added > CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEFLOPPY=y to .config and already had support for my IDE > chipset included, rebuilt my kernel, and rebooted. > > Now I have a folder /dev/fd/, but every entry there (0, 1, 2, and 255) > are all symlinks to /dev/pts/0. Relevant command outputs:
That's correct. > # dmesg|grep -i floppy > ide-floppy driver 0.99.newide > What do I need to do to get usable block access to my floppy from > something in /dev/fd? Nothing. It's IDE Floppy, not Floppy. You should have new hd* entries in /dev for your IDE Floppy device. Read some more lines in your dmesg output. HTH... Dirk -- Dirk Heinrichs | Tel: +49 (0)162 234 3408 Configuration Manager | Fax: +49 (0)211 47068 111 Capgemini Deutschland | Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wanheimerstraße 68 | Web: http://www.capgemini.com D-40468 Düsseldorf | ICQ#: 110037733 GPG Public Key C2E467BB | Keyserver: wwwkeys.pgp.net
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