perhaps you can try reinstall linux in "linux-safe"(?) or other of the other safe-boot modes and then running kuduz(?), the hardware detection program. not 100% sure, but might work...
At 07:38 01/12/07 -0800, you wrote: >Hi list, > >I had installed LM 8.1 last week and thought all was well. Today I went to >view some files on a floppy disk and Linux reports 'device unknown' . >Now how can this be? I thought the install procedure with LM 8.1 had >progressed so far as to make this just a forgone conclusion. A floppy drive >is one of the most basic hardware items in any machine. Oh well. Enough >bitchin' and whinin'! >How do I 'enable' my floppy drive in LM 8.1? > >PS >I looked in 'Hardrake', no floppy listed. >What next? >Thanks in advance. >Mick > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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