Hehe, thanks for the wise-ass comment... but that's not the problem :-) On Mon, 1 Oct 2001, mik wrote:
> there needs to be a floppy in your drive. > > mik > > On Monday 01 October 2001 22:48, you wrote: > > Well, I decided to reinstall, as I could not figure out what the problem > > is, but even after a fresh install, my floppy drive does not work :-/ > > Hasn't anyone has this problem yet? > > > > Whan I try mound the floppy, it just tells me it was unable to mount the > > floppy drive, and when I click details, : mount: /dev/fd0: unknown device. > > > > Trying it in the shell does not work either: > > mount /mnt/floppy/ > > mount: /dev/fd0: unknown device > > > > I try the other floppy devices, but this has to be the one I need, as it's > > just a standard 1044 floppy drive. > > > > I have for the sake of it re-reformatted my harddrive, this time without > > connecting my new Logitech USB mouse, leaving my computer the way it has > > always been, and still it didn't work :-( > > > > Maybe someone knows, or can explain just how this new system works with > > 8.1? > > > > Not that this is urgent today, but will be in the near future for me, so > > again, any info would be appreciated. Can the rest of you using mandrake > > 8.1 connect to your floppies? > > > > Greetings > > Ralph > > > > On Sun, 30 Sep 2001, Ralph Slooten wrote: > > > Could someone please help me here? I have just installed Linux-Mandrake > > > 8.1, and everything works great, except for my floppy drive :-/ I have > > > used Redhat, LM 7.0, 7.1, 8.0, and they have never given any problems > > > regarding the floppy drive. > > > > > > I read on the mandrake site that 8.1 uses some new method to > > > automatically configure devices, but I just can't work it all out. > > > > > > When I try mount the floppy to any of the floppy devices, I get : unknown > > > device. > > > > > > Any suggestions are welcome :-) > > > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > > > Ralph > > -- ICQ: 25543458 Homepage: http://www.axllent.linux-dude.net/ PGP Public Key: http://prozilla.delrom.ro/RalphSlooten.asc
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