What happened to /dev/fd0 in FC5 ??
Mikkel L. Ellertson
mikkel at infinity-ltd.com
Sun Jul 9 18:39:33 UTC 2006
Philip Rhoades wrote:
> People,
>
> I haven't used the floppy since I upgraded to FC5 but I just went to do
> something and it doesn't exist! I googled around and it seems that FC5
> does not install the floppy device? I tried using:
>
> mknod /dev/fd0 b 2 0
>
> but although the device was created, when I try and use dd to put an
> image on the floppy I get:
>
> dd: opening `/dev/fd0': No such device or address
>
> What is going on?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Phil.
With udev, running mknode is usually a wast of time. Udev will
create the device files as needed. The floppy devices are normally
created when the floppy module is loaded. From looking around, I
think this is done by the /etc/sysconfig/modules/idev-stw.modules
script. But you can try running "modprobe floppy" or "modprobe -v
floppy" and see what happens. It returns a "No such device" error on
my laptop, but I expected that, as it does not have a floppy drive.
Mikkel
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