fedoralist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >>> And what are /dev/fd/[0,1,2,3] for? Tim: > > /dev/fd0 first floppy drive > > /dev/fd1 second floppy drive > > and so on... fedoralist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: > No, the 0,1,2,3 are inside the dir /dev/fd/ Ah, I didn't notice the slash, I thought you were doing some shorthand [with the square brackets] for different numbers after the letters fd. If you list the contents, they're links to /dev/pts (pseudo-ttys). You can google those terms, if you really want to know more about it. > I have only /dev/fd0 Same here. Possibly, I'd get more automatically created if I had more floppies in this box. > But i don't have a /dev/fd0u1680. I do, on FC5. But don't on FC4. Have you tried playing with MAKEDEV? I don't have any floppies like that to play with, so it'd be pointless me trying to make that device. -- Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.