Re: /dev/fd0 erased

1999-08-30 Thread William T Wilson
On Sun, 29 Aug 1999, Paul wrote: > I`ve tried looking for "makedev" which dselect tells me is installed but > all I seem to have are the doc files and the /var/lib/dpkg/info/ files. Makedev the binary (actually it's a script) is in /dev. As a quick fix, you can do (as root): mknod -m 664 /dev/f

Re: /dev/fd0 erased

1999-08-30 Thread Daniel Barclay
> From: Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > ... I managed to "rm /dev/fd0". Now although > "locate" still shows it as existing ... Remember that locate displays only cached information. Daniel

Re: /dev/fd0 erased

1999-08-29 Thread Ben Collins
On Sun, Aug 29, 1999 at 09:06:15PM +0100, Paul wrote: > all I seem to have are the doc files and the /var/lib/dpkg/info/ files. > How do I restore my floppy drive? Ooops! I meant: ./MAKEDEV fd0 Sorry

Re: /dev/fd0 erased

1999-08-29 Thread Ben Collins
On Sun, Aug 29, 1999 at 09:06:15PM +0100, Paul wrote: > I`ve tried looking for "makedev" which dselect tells me is installed but > all I seem to have are the doc files and the /var/lib/dpkg/info/ files. > How do I restore my floppy drive? cd /dev ./MAKEDEV fd This should create the symlinks.

/dev/fd0 erased

1999-08-29 Thread Paul
In a moment of stupidity whilst attempting to learn how to copy from hard drive to floppy disc I managed to "rm /dev/fd0". Now although "locate" still shows it as existing attempting to "mount /floppy" gives me the message "mount: special device /dev/fd0 does not exist" /etc/fstab looks like this: