On 04/07/13 19:53, John R. Dennison wrote: > On Sun, Apr 07, 2013 at 07:35:17PM -0400, mark wrote: >>> >>> ls -l /dev/fd? >>> >>> What do you see? >>> >> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Apr 7 15:03 /dev/fd -> /proc/self/fd/ > > Interesting as that doesn't match the pattern /dev/fd? > >> And, while we're at it, ll of /dev/floppy shows >> >> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Apr 7 15:03 /dev/floppy -> fd0 > > fd0 should have been shown by the ls -l /dev/fd? pattern so is that a > broken link? > > "lsmod | grep floppy" - does it show the floppy module loaded? > > If "ls -l /dev/fd0*" does not show a series of device nodes try: > > "/sbin/MAKEDEV fd0" > > and retry the operations that are failing. > > If this still fails ensure that the device is enabled in the system's > bios. Speaking of that, is the device seen at boot time? > > "dmesg | grep ^Floppy" or "grep ^Floppy /var/log/dmesg" should show fd0 > and a size. Ok, ll /dev/fd - which is a directory - shows it pointing to /proc/self/fd/. Under tghat is 0-3, where 0-2 are links to /dev/pts/0, *all* the same. 3 is a link to /proc/5038/fd/, which does not exist. Is it time to try MAKEDEV? mark -- And yet less thanks have we than you. Users scowl at us, and reporters give us scornful names. "Geek" I am to one fat man who lives a firewall away from foes that would steal his identity or lay his little computer in ruin, if it was not guarded ceaselessly. Yet we would not have it otherwise. ---Aragorn, sysadmin. _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos