On Mon, Jun 12, 2006 at 10:44:49AM -0700, Douglas Phillipson wrote: > > > Dave Jones wrote: > >On Mon, Jun 12, 2006 at 09:59:39AM -0700, Douglas Phillipson wrote: > > > > > When you say, "It should just work", does than mean a file manager > > > should pop up when a floppy is inserted and a mount point created? > > > >AFAIK, you have to mount it by hand, though as I said it's been > >a while since I've had to resort to using a floppy, so things > >may have changed (though from the sounds of things, they haven't) > > > > > It doesn't and there are no /dev/fd? devices. There are some entries > > in a > directory called /dev/fd, which don't appear to be floppy related: > > > >They're your per-process file-descriptors. > >You should have a /dev/fd0 > >does lsmod | grep floppy show anything? > > > > Dave > > > lsmod | grep floppy returns nothing. modprobe floppy returns: > > FATAL: Error inserting floppy > (/lib/modules/2.6.15-1.2054_FC5/kernel/drivers/block/floppy.ko): No such > device Is the floppy enabled in the BIOS ? Dave -- http://www.codemonkey.org.uk -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
