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

Kevin Kreamer wrote:

>"John D. Tiedeman" <jdtiede@sstar.com> writes:
>
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>>>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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How can I tell? What's the name of the module that should be present?
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Received on 03/24/04