Can't use my floppy drive in Linux 2.6. G> As root in /dev type: MAKEDEV floppy ./MAKEDEV: don't know how to make device "floppy" G> Another piece, is "udev" installed? OK, I installed it and rebooted. G> If it is, it should create those auto-magically. No it didn't. ls /dev/f* shows none. Now trying ./MAKEDEV fd0 shows lots of supposed action, but ls doesn't show any changes. On a second run there is no output, so supposedly its changes are registered somewhere. Maybe I have to reboot to see them too... G> Or you can manually use "mknod" to create them. G> Here is my listing for /dev/fd0: G> brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 0 2003-11-12 09:24 /dev/fd0 G> That would be: G> mknod --mode=0660 /dev/fd0 b 2 0 Done. However still, mount: /dev/fd0 is not a valid block device OK, that's better than the earlier mount: special device /dev/fd0 does not exist no help from modprobe ide-floppy and floppy either. I was able to use the floppy in Linux 2.4. Not in 2.6.
In fact, I now notice using reboot(8) no longer reboots, just hangs ttys. pstree shows it is stuck doing "shutdown -r 0 w". I will remove udev forthwith. A second try hung my last tty and I had to walk over to press a hard reset. Geez. I notice purging udev leaves files behind. Their name flew off my screen and now I won't ever be able to find them without repeating an install/purge. Ok, now rebooting again, luckily with no filesystem damage after the hard reboot, I see all the /dev/fd* stuff is indeed there. However, as much as I try, /dev/fd0 is not a valid block device. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
