[Cooker] Kernel 2.3.99 devfs problem
Hi! I am using kernel 2.3.99 (from contrib) and I have one fundamental question... Where is my floppy (on /dev) ??? :-)) Thanks for answers! Michal
Re: [Cooker] Kernel 2.3.99 devfs problem
On Sun, 2 Apr 2000, Michal Rokos wrote: Hi! I am using kernel 2.3.99 (from contrib) and I have one fundamental question... Where is my floppy (on /dev) ??? :-)) I don't know exactly, it is probably like /dev/fd/0 or similar. You need to run devfsd, as pretty much the first thing in the boot cycle (in rc.sysinit or similar) in order to get compatibility (you need this!), unless you want to convert your system completely over to devfs. Note that Linux-Mandrake is still essentially a 2.2.x-based distribution, so most packages will not yet work with devfs, unless you are running devfsd to provide compatibility devices, like /dev/fd0 etc. Jeff
Re: [Cooker] Kernel 2.3.99 devfs problem
Hello, Jeff! I'm using devfsd since 2.3.99 (new initscripts now counts with devfsd - thanks to Chmouel!). Everything is running fine, but I can't find my floppy. Sugested /dev/fd/0 for floppy is nosence - it's symlink to /proc/self/fd. I'm not sure why, but it's TRUE. Anyway thanks Michal You need to run devfsd, as pretty much the first thing in the boot cycle (in rc.sysinit or similar) in order to get compatibility (you need this!), unless you want to convert your system completely over to devfs. Note that Linux-Mandrake is still essentially a 2.2.x-based distribution, so most packages will not yet work with devfs, unless you are running devfsd to provide compatibility devices, like /dev/fd0 etc. Jeff
Re: [Cooker] Kernel 2.3.99 devfs problem
On Sun, 2 Apr 2000, Michal Rokos wrote: I'm using devfsd since 2.3.99 (new initscripts now counts with devfsd - thanks to Chmouel!). Everything is running fine, but I can't find my floppy. Sugested /dev/fd/0 for floppy is nosence - it's symlink to /proc/self/fd. I'm not sure why, but it's TRUE. ;) Kinda strange, since /proc/self/fd has nothing to do with floppy disks. Can you privately e-mail me a copy of cd /dev ; ls -FC /tmp/dev-ls.txt dmesg -s 16384 /tmp/dmesg.txt
Re: [Cooker] Kernel 2.3.99 devfs problem
On Sun, 2 Apr 2000, Michal Rokos wrote: Hello, Jeff! I'm using devfsd since 2.3.99 (new initscripts now counts with devfsd - thanks to Chmouel!). Everything is running fine, but I can't find my floppy. Sugested /dev/fd/0 for floppy is nosence - it's symlink to /proc/self/fd. I'm not sure why, but it's TRUE. Anyway thanks Michal The "real" device under devfs is /dev/floppy/0, devfsd should have created a link /dev/fd0 to this for compatibility ... if the link isn't there then something in devfsd's config is amiss. -dwild
Re: [Cooker] Kernel 2.3.99 devfs problem
On Sun, 2 Apr 2000, Derek Wildstar wrote: The "real" device under devfs is /dev/floppy/0, devfsd should have created a link /dev/fd0 to this for compatibility ... if the link isn't there then something in devfsd's config is amiss. There was no /dev/floppy in the output e-mailed to me privately. It looked like the floppy driver module isn't getting loaded. Michal? Can you try "modprobe floppy" and then see if the floppy works? Jeff
Re: [Cooker] Kernel 2.3.99 devfs problem
Hi all! Thanks god Jeff found why I have no floppy... The module floppy was'n intalled! I never thought that floppy isn't statically (!!!) linked into kernel. Shame on me - I must apology to Linus and kernel's devel team... :-)) The problem is always between the keyboard and the chair. :-)) Thanks to all Michal PS: Why not to compile floppy to kernel statically??? :-)) There was no /dev/floppy in the output e-mailed to me privately. It looked like the floppy driver module isn't getting loaded. Michal? Can you try "modprobe floppy" and then see if the floppy works? Jeff
