Re: What happened to /dev/fd0 in FC5 ??

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Philip Rhoades wrote:
> On Sun, 2006-07-09 at 13:39 -0500, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
>> 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.
> 
> 
> I get:
> 
> [root@prix attach]# modprobe -v floppy
> FATAL: Module floppy not found.
> 
> I DO have a floppy drive . . what now?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Phil.
That is a strange problem. What kernel are you running? The error is
saying that modprobe is not finding the floppy module, no that you
do not have a floppy drive. This is probably why you do not have a
/dev/fd0 device file.

A couple of things you can try. First, run "depmod", and then try
again. If you still get the "Module floppy not found." error, then
take a look in /lib/modules/<kernel version>/kernel/drivers/block
for the file floppy.ko. If you built your own kernel, make sure you
included floppy support.

Mikkel
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