Don't forget the basics... is the floppy ribbon cable connected? is the floppy ribbon cable known to be good? are the connectors fully seated, try reseating them? is the power connected to the drive? is the drive connected after the cable twist? is the drive known to be good?
-- John Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Antti Nykdnen > Sent: Monday, September 05, 2005 2:52 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Floppy problems... (fdc missing in /dev) > > > On 2005-09-05 at 21:31, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I've noticed that fdc isn't in /dev/. > > I noticed it during I tried to boot a floppy. > > You probably want to access a floppy drive, which are called fd*, not > fdc*. > > >From fdc(4): > > The standard names of a floppy drive will take the form > /dev/fd{0,1,2,3}{,B,C,D,E,F,G,H}[a-p]. > > On a working system you'd supposedly get something like: > > fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0/6 irq 6 drq 2 > fd0 at fdc0 drive 0: 1.44MB 80 cyl, 2 head, 18 sec > > HTH
