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

On Wednesday 24 March 2004 06:38 am, John D. Tiedeman wrote:
> 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

# modprobe floppy

Should get something like this at the end of dmesg:

inserting floppy driver for 2.6.4
Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077

You should also see something like this somewhere in lsmod:

# lsmod
Module Size Used by
floppy 60916 0

Andy Johnson

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