Re: [Nolug] "dev/fd0 is not a valid block device"

"John D. Tiedeman" <jdtiede@sstar.com> writes:
>>Boot a copy of Knoppix or even an old dos disk (www.freedos.org,
>>www.bootdisk.com) and see if the floppy drive works, to determine for sure
>>if it's a hardware or software problem.
>>
>>As far as networking the computers, post a few more details and i'm sure
>>you'll get a lot of help from this list.
>>
>>ray
>>
>>
> I ran ls -l on /dev/fd0 and got the same message you show, except of
> course for the date. I couldn't find one of the probably half dozen
> spare floppy cables I should have around here so swapped cables with
> the other computer. Same result; it still thinks dev/fd0 isn't a valid
> block device. And it doesn't show up on the Disk Management tool,
> which is what I usually use to mount my CD drive. On the other
> computer, the floppy will mount from that tool.
>
> I'm splitting the networking question into a separate thread.
>

This is probably not the problem, but Murphy says you should check it
anyway. Be sure that support for floppies is either compiled into
your kernel or is loaded, if compiled as a module.

Kevin

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