This should allow you to create at least one floppy device ... First I would enter / make sure a line like
none /mnt/floppy supermount dev=/dev/fd0,fs=auto,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,sync,codepage=850,umask=0 0 0 (it's actully all one line but word wrap in the e-mail client makes it more) then put a floppy in and try and mount it manually.... see if devfs created it... IF not. It can be created manually. As root cd to /dev mkdir floppy cd floppy mknod b 0 floppy 2 0 (note those are both zero's not oh's) cd ../ ln -s floppy/0 fd0 This will create a config situation identical to all of the mdk 9.0 boxes I've checked. For whatever reason MAKEDEV is still there but no longer works.... in it's place we have mknod that requires more work to configure...*sigh* James On Wed, 2002-11-20 at 19:05, Tom wrote: > What have I overlooked? > > As root, I tried: > > cd /dev; /sbin/MAKEDEV fd > > and it comes up with a "don't have permission" error > > Then I tried: > > modprobe floppy > > and still no floppy devices. > > I am using the 7 CD box set of Mandrake 9.0 > > I am trying to configure the Internet services before connecting the machine > to Internet and was attempting to use the floppy for transferring > configuration files from another Mandrake machine (8.1) > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- James Sparenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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