Floppy Drive Gone

[taharka]

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.