Hi Jon Thanks very much, Chris Morley sorted it out for me, the floppy is up and running. I have no idea what fdisk is or what it does, so unless some one told me to use it I wouldn't. I only use 3.5" because they are there, mainly use for Gcode files. What do you use in stead of floppies? I thought about using the usb ports do you think that's a better idea. Regards Dave
-----Original Message----- From: Jon Elson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 27 October 2008 01:23 AM To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Desperately seeking my floppy drive Dave Houghton wrote: > Hi Kirk > Sudo mount ....etc answers mount point media/floppy does not exist > Fdisk .........etc answers unable to open dev/fda > Gee Whiz this isn't half getting difficult. > I'm still wondering if it is not something to do with the partitioning. > Do NOT!!! use fdisk unless you are near guru status! If the command : /sbin/lsmod | grep floppy produces no output like this : floppy 57125 1 then the driver did not load, for some reason. This stuff can be set upto work automatically, but I really don't recommend using 3.5" floppies, anyway. I have had a LOT of trouble using them ever since they came out, like having to use cleaner disks after EVERY use of a single floppy or the drive sees an absolute blank disc, etc. You really need to get networking running, it is far easier than it used to be. Jon ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
