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

On Tuesday 23 March 2004 04:21 pm, Kevin Kreamer wrote:
> "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

Did you try this:

# modprobe floppy

Andy Johnson

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