Quoting Christopher W. Aiken ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I have an external, parallel port, LS120 floppy drive (128Mb). > When I tried MD 6.2, SuSE 6.2, MD 7.1, Caldera 2.4 flavors > of Linux all I had to do was: > > modprobe paride > modprobe epat > modprobe pf > mount -t vfat /dev/pf0 /mnt > > and I could use my LS120 just as any other floppy. > > When I do this in Debian 2.2 I get an error that there > is no device /dev/pf0. I attached /dev and did a "./MAKEDEV pf0" > ( and ./MAKEDEV pf ) and got the error don't know what "pf0" is. > I tried a "./MAKEDEV update" and also got a "don't know how to > make device "pf".
I think someone has attached a script, but just in case it doesn't work, or so that you can help yourself out of future problems, take a look at the kernel source, Documentation/devices.txt, where all the device names and special numbers are listed that you might need for the mknod command. Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.
