Package: mount, umount, udev, kernel-2.6.32-5-686
Distribution: Debian 6.0.2.1-i386-DVD, Updated to Debian 6.0.3-i386-DVD, Using
Debian 6.0.3-i386-Update-DVD-Volumes 1 and 2
Hardware: MSI MS-7108 Motherboard with Intel Pentium 4, LGA 775, 3.0 GHz, Dual
Processor CPU,
Intel 848P, ICH5, 2 GB of 400 MHz DDR SDRAM, Floppy drive, 8 USB 2.0 ports (USB
1.1 compatible)
Files: <sys/mount.h>
Follow-up V: Here is how to fix the entry in the /dev directory so that the
floppy device functions normally
in Debian Linux 6.0.3. Originally, the "mount" command has always failed to
mount it while behaving as if
it has mounted it, on the device /dev/fd0 which is made by the debian installer
during installation.
Fix: Put the following entries at the end of the file "/etc/rc.local":
/bin/rm -f /dev/fd0
/bin/mknod /dev/fdHD1440 2 28
/bin/mknod /dev/fdDD720 2 16
/bin/ln -s /dev/fdHD1440 /dev/fd0
/bin/ln -s /dev/fdDD720 /dev/fd1
Then, reboot the system. The floppy device /dev/fd0 will now function normally
with 1.44 M floppies. The floppy
device /dev/fd1 will function normally with 720K floppies. This latter format
works when your floppy drive
mechanism and the PC BIOS support the 720 K format as well as 1.44 M format.
My previous "Remedy II" had also fixed this problem, but the fix was temporary
and the /dev entries made in one
session disappeared after a reboot, as the "/dev/' directory always got
re-populated after every re-boot. This fix
prevents the fixed entires from disappearing, after a re-boot or a shutdown.
-- Yekta
Yekta Gursel, Ph. D.
Address:
5444 Baldwin Avenue
Temple City
California, 91780-2624
Phone: (626) 454-4029
E-mail: yekta.gur...@att.net
