Check the Compaq site for solutions to this particular Linux problem. All the /dev devices are automatically created/detected by the kernel. If a /dev device does not show up; it means your kernel has not detected it. You need to play with your drivers....or play with the hotplug driver... > --Luke > --Computer Science Sysadmin, MSU Bozeman > --admin(AT)cs.montana.edu 994-3931 > -----Original Message----- > From: psyche-list-admin@redhat.com [mailto:psyche-list-admin@redhat.com] > On Behalf Of Ekow Oppon > Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 2:11 PM > To: psyche-list@redhat.com > Subject: /mnt/cdrom swap /mnt/floppy > > Hi guys... > My cdrom and floppy are interchangeable (Compaq Armada M700). > Realized that floppy was not installed /mounted after installation (RH8.0) > Tried creating directory, /mnt/floppy > and mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy > as well as updating /etc/fstab. All yto no avail. I was thinking may be > I have to link the cdrom to the floppy. Can anyone please tell me wnhat to > do? > Thanks ! > > > -- > "A man who won't die for something is not fit to live" > Dr Martin Luther King Jr. > ########################################################### > # Dr. Ekow Oppon # > # Dept of Human Genetics # > # Univ. of Cape Town. Med. School # > # Observatory. 7925. # > # South Africa. # > #Tel +27 21 4066506 Cell +27 83 3404277 Fax +27 21 4480906 # > **********************************************************# > > > > -- > Psyche-list mailing list > Psyche-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list