> Subject: Re: Floppy on fc12 could not find > On 08/12/2010 02:00 PM, Vincent Onelli wrote: > >>>> Hello, > >>>> I am try to use the floppy on Dell Dimension 8300 with fc12 but it > >>>> didn't mount. > >>>> Here is what I did: > >>>> # mkdir /mnt/floppy > >>>> > >>>> # mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 mnt/floppy > >>>> mount: special device /dev/fd0 does not exist > >>>> > >>>> I look in the dev directory the fd0 does not exist. > >>>> I will appreciate help > >>>> and thank you in advace > >>>> Vinny > >>>> > >>> try modprobe floppy first. > >>> > >> did, no change. > >> > >> oops.. My apology I recall the previous entry that I was try different > >> dir "etc" I correct to "dev" and every thing works fine. > >> thank you very much. > >> vinny > >> > > I loose the floppy Icon every time I reboot. To get it back I need to > > run "modprobe floppy", this may not be too much of problem, but I still > > can't access the diskette when I try to access it by double click the > > icon the message appears "unable to mount location no media in the > > drive" , by the way the diskette and floppy are OK with windows I also > > try few other diskette. I do not know how to access from command line. > > Any idea what else I could be doing wrong? > > I had that problem because I did not have the floppy drive connected > when I did the install. As a result, anaconda did not create the > /etc/modprobe.d/floppy-pnp.conf file: > > $ cat floppy-pnp.conf > alias pnp:dPNP0700 floppy > alias acpi:PNP0700: floppy > > With that file in place, my floppy drive gets recognized at boot time > just fine. I do not have those files is there way to make them? -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
