Floppy Drive Gone
taharka
res00vl8 at alltel.net
Mon Jul 25 17:46:04 UTC 2005
Paul Howarth wrote:
> taharka wrote:
>
>> Steve Croteau wrote:
>>
>>> Greetings,
>>>
>>> I was just minding my own business the other day when I decided to
>>> write a file to my floppy drive using FC3. Much to my surprise the
>>> icon I always found under "computer" was gone. Looked in /etc/fstab
>>> and found no reference. I had just used it 2 weeks ago. Could an
>>> update have removed it for some reason? The same thing happened to
>>> my other FC3 box. What is the exact entry I need to put this back
>>> into /etc/fstab?
>>> Thanks,
>>> Steve
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Yes, same issue here on fc3 :-( I found the culprit to be the Jul
>> 15th kernel 2.6.12-1.1372_FC3 update. Surprisingly, it's not an
>> selinux issue, as rebooting with selinux disabled, makes no
>> difference. Reverting back to the previous kernel, kernel
>> 2.6.11-1.35_FC3, corrected the problem for me. BTW, notice below, the
>> size difference between these two kernels. Almost 11Mb!!
>>
>> Name : kernel Relocations: (not
>> relocatable)
>> Version : 2.6.11 Vendor: Red Hat, Inc.
>> Release : 1.35_FC3 Build Date: Mon 13 Jun
>> 2005 01:47:10 AM EDT
>> Install Date: Fri 24 Jun 2005 01:43:31 AM EDT Build Host:
>> bugs.build.redhat.com
>> Group : System Environment/Kernel Source RPM:
>> kernel-2.6.11-1.35_FC3.src.rpm
>> Size : 49045635 License: GPLv2
>> Signature : DSA/SHA1, Thu 23 Jun 2005 11:17:08 PM EDT, Key ID
>> b44269d04f2a6fd2
>> Packager : Red Hat, Inc. <http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla>
>> Summary : The Linux kernel (the core of the Linux operating system).
>> Description :
>> The kernel package contains the Linux kernel (vmlinuz), the core of
>> the Red Hat Linux operating system. The kernel handles the basic
>> functions of the operating system: memory allocation, process
>> allocation, device input and output, etc.
>>
>>
>> Name : kernel Relocations: (not
>> relocatable)
>> Version : 2.6.12 Vendor: Red Hat, Inc.
>> Release : 1.1372_FC3 Build Date: Fri 15 Jul
>> 2005 02:03:29 AM EDT
>> Install Date: Fri 15 Jul 2005 06:19:48 PM EDT Build Host:
>> tweety.build.redhat.com
>> Group : System Environment/Kernel Source RPM:
>> kernel-2.6.12-1.1372_FC3.src.rpm
>> Size : 38112195 License: GPLv2
>> Signature : DSA/SHA1, Fri 15 Jul 2005 12:40:56 PM EDT, Key ID
>> b44269d04f2a6fd2
>> Packager : Red Hat, Inc. <http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla>
>> Summary : The Linux kernel (the core of the Linux operating system).
>> Description :
>> The kernel package contains the Linux kernel (vmlinuz), the core of
>> the Red Hat Linux operating system. The kernel handles the basic
>> functions of the operating system: memory allocation, process
>> allocation, device input and output, etc.
>
>
> Perhaps that's because the latest kernel splits off a substantial part
> of the original package into a separate kernel-devel package as per FC4?
>
> Paul.
>
Could be. Could floppy support have been removed also? If I look in
/media, all drives are there except for floppy.
taharka
Lexington, Kentucky U.S.A.
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