<div>On 9/20/07, Mikkel L. Ellertson <<a href="mailto:mikkel@infinity-ltd.com">mikkel@infinity-ltd.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Aldo Foot wrote: > > Gents, > is the /etc/floppy file needed for /dev/fd0 to work? > The file /etc/floppy does not exist in a newly installed system, so I read > somewhere that in order to use the floppy you have to create the file > with the command > # floppy --createrc >/etc/floppy > > But even after executing the command in FC7 I could not format the floppy > using /dev/fd0, I had to use > # fdformat /dev/fd0u1440. > > Please note that the file /dev/fd0 did exist. Any comments appreciated. > ~Aldo. > You should really have started a new message for this... You can use setfdprm to set the format, and then format /dev/fd0, or you can use the floppy command instead of the fdformat command. The device entries for the different floppy formats are not created by udev. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup! -- fedora-list mailing list <a href="mailto:fedora-list@redhat.com">fedora-list@redhat.com</a> To unsubscribe: <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list"> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list</a> </blockquote></div> You're right. I should have started another thread. Sorry. I'll use the tips you gave me. Thanks so far. Thanks guys. ~Aldo.