Philip Rhoades wrote: > On Sun, 2006-07-09 at 13:39 -0500, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: >> With udev, running mknode is usually a wast of time. Udev will >> create the device files as needed. The floppy devices are normally >> created when the floppy module is loaded. From looking around, I >> think this is done by the /etc/sysconfig/modules/idev-stw.modules >> script. But you can try running "modprobe floppy" or "modprobe -v >> floppy" and see what happens. It returns a "No such device" error on >> my laptop, but I expected that, as it does not have a floppy drive. > > > I get: > > [root@prix attach]# modprobe -v floppy > FATAL: Module floppy not found. > > I DO have a floppy drive . . what now? > > Thanks, > > Phil. That is a strange problem. What kernel are you running? The error is saying that modprobe is not finding the floppy module, no that you do not have a floppy drive. This is probably why you do not have a /dev/fd0 device file. A couple of things you can try. First, run "depmod", and then try again. If you still get the "Module floppy not found." error, then take a look in /lib/modules/<kernel version>/kernel/drivers/block for the file floppy.ko. If you built your own kernel, make sure you included floppy support. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
