Re: problem: floppy access

1999-10-20 Thread John Foster
"T.V.Gnanasekaran" wrote: > > > 1.44 MB ... then you have it in the kernel, if not, then you can seek > > the module in /lib/modules/kernel.version.number/block/ if it's in, then > > you can load it in with insmod command. > > dmesg | grep "fd0" shows: > Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M

Re: problem: floppy access

1999-10-20 Thread T.V.Gnanasekaran
> 1.44 MB ... then you have it in the kernel, if not, then you can seek > the module in /lib/modules/kernel.version.number/block/ if it's in, then > you can load it in with insmod command. dmesg | grep "fd0" shows: Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M 'ls /lib/modules/2.0.36/modules/' lists: linear.o p

Re: problem: floppy access

1999-10-20 Thread Alex V. Toropov
"T.V.Gnanasekaran" wrote: > If I try to mount as root, I get this: > mount: /dev/fd0 is not a valid block device > > If I use mdir (mtools), I get this: > Can't open /dev/fd0: Device not configured > Cannot initialize 'A:' > > What is the problem? > > My fd0 device file looks like this: > brw-rw--