no i dont mean a floppy disk... i mean the actual drive in and out of the computer. it sounds like a hardware problem to me (linux should pick up pretty much any floppy disk drive in existence) make sure the cable is plugged into the back of the floppy drive inside the computer. also make sure the power cable for it works. i have also seen people put the ribbon cable for the floppy on upside down at the back of the floppy drive. recompiling floppy support as a module sounds like a very drastic measure. as i said, linux should have no problems once the hardware works and is plugged in and powered up properly. On Wed, 2003-12-10 at 11:12, Philippe wrote: > 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
