[gentoo-user] fd symlinks to pts?

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 entr

Re: [gentoo-user] fd symlinks to pts?

Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Tuesday 03 June 2008, Tim wrote: >> 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

Re: [gentoo-user] fd symlinks to pts?

Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > Am Dienstag, 3. Juni 2008 schrieb ext Dirk Heinrichs: > >> That makes 4 out of 4 possible devices. So where's your IDE floppy >> connected to, then? > > Is it an IDE floppy device at all, or a normal PC floppy device? > > Bye... > > Dirk I was unaware there was a d

Re: [gentoo-user] fd symlinks to pts?

Am Dienstag, 3. Juni 2008 schrieb ext Alan McKinnon: > On Tuesday 03 June 2008, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > > > 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 you

Re: [gentoo-user] fd symlinks to pts?

Am Dienstag, 3. Juni 2008 schrieb ext Tim: > I was unaware there was a difference. It's a 34-pin ribbon cable > connector on the motherboard. Yes, that's a normal PC floppy device. You need CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD. Bye... Dirk -- Dirk Heinrichs | Tel: +49 (0)162 234 3408 Configurat

Re: [gentoo-user] fd symlinks to pts?

On Tuesday 03 June 2008, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > > Is this another change introduced by libata? > > No. IDE floppies are a different kind of device, IOmega Zip is one > example. They are attached to an IDE controller, just like a hard > disk or CDRom drive. OK, that explains everything. I've never

Re: [gentoo-user] fd symlinks to pts?

On Tuesday 03 June 2008, Tim wrote: > 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. >

Re: [gentoo-user] fd symlinks to pts?

Am Dienstag, 3. Juni 2008 schrieb ext Tim: > Nothing there either. > > # dmesg|grep -i hd > Kernel command line: root=/dev/hda3 > ide0: BM-DMA at 0xd000-0xd007, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA > ide1: BM-DMA at 0xd008-0xd00f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:DMA > hda: WDC WD400BB-23DEA0, ATA D

Re: [gentoo-user] fd symlinks to pts?

On Tuesday 03 June 2008, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > > 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.

Re: [gentoo-user] fd symlinks to pts?

Tim wrote: > Dirk Heinrichs wrote: >> Am Dienstag, 3. Juni 2008 schrieb ext Dirk Heinrichs: >> >>> That makes 4 out of 4 possible devices. So where's your IDE floppy >>> connected to, then? >> Is it an IDE floppy device at all, or a normal PC floppy device? >> >> Bye... >> >> Dirk > I was unaw

Re: [gentoo-user] fd symlinks to pts?

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 rebo

Re: [gentoo-user] fd symlinks to pts?

Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > 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,

Re: [gentoo-user] fd symlinks to pts?

Am Dienstag, 3. Juni 2008 schrieb ext Alan McKinnon: > On Tuesday 03 June 2008, Tim wrote: > > 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

Re: [gentoo-user] fd symlinks to pts?

Am Dienstag, 3. Juni 2008 schrieb ext Dirk Heinrichs: > That makes 4 out of 4 possible devices. So where's your IDE floppy > connected to, then? Is it an IDE floppy device at all, or a normal PC floppy device? Bye... Dirk -- Dirk Heinrichs | Tel: +49 (0)162 234 3408 Configura