Well, it is well before that, because I canno't mount a floppy...as I don't have floppy. Thanks anyway to try to help me, I appreciate it. It seems to be related to this motherboard Asus P4T-F, as Google told me, but the answer is that there is still no fix. The only way to do it is to recompile the kernel with floppy as a module ! Ouch. This does not help me a lot, even if I am ready to try with the exact commands to type. Any geek here to confirm ? Bugzilla : http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=60887 or http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=75687 Bad luck ! On Wed, 2003-12-10 at 17:59, Ivo Mencke wrote: > have you tried swapping in a new floppy drive? > > it sounds like the actual drive might be broken. > > ivo. > > On Wed, 2003-12-10 at 10:51, Philippe wrote: > > Addendum, > > > > The exact message is (from dmesg) : floppy0 : no floppy controller found > > Later in the log, I have : > > ide-floppy driver 0.99.newide. > > > > Motherboard : ASUS P4T-F / Socket 423 / Intel 850 Chipset. > > > > Hope somebody can help me, my customer needs is floppy, or will go back > > to Windows. But everything else is working so perfectly. > > > > The last solution could be to install an external floppy drive, but will > > I be more lucky, if the problem is the floppy controller ? > > > > Waiting for some answers, > > > > Philippe > > > > On Tue, 2003-12-09 at 23:57, Philippe wrote: > > > Hi, > > > I just made a fresh RH9 install on a Desktop 1.7 Ghz Celeron. This is > > > not my first intallation, and I did check the machine before (Monitor, > > > video card, sound card). > > > Everything went fine, but I notices no "Floppy" item on the hardware > > > browser. > > > Adding it manually in fstab, was removed on the next boot, and I had > > > time to see the message : /dev/fd0 : no floppy controller detected (or > > > something like this, I will double-check tomorrow). > > > So here I am now, with no floppy, quite crucial for my customer. > > > > > > What am I supposed to do now ? > > > > > > I will tomorrow upgrade the kernel to the 2.4.20-24.9 last update hoping > > > this could fixe things ... > > > > > > Is it a kernel compatibility problem or a motherboard problem ? > > > > > > I just need some information, as Google did not help me a lot on this. > > > > > > I will tomorrow check every message, and write down the motherboard > > > brandname as I did not have enough time tonight. > > > > > > We never know if someone got a idea about what checking more, I am > > > "listening" ;-) > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Philippe > > > -- > > > Philippe, Chiangmai, Thailand > > -- > > Philippe, Chiangmai, Thailand > > -- Philippe, Chiangmai, Thailand -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list