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bkanuka
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 Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2005 7:28 pm Post subject: Floppy Drive not Mounting [Solved (Hardware issue)] |
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This is the error that I get:
| Code: | FamilyRoom ~ # mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
mount: /dev/fd0 is not a valid block device
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My floppy part of fstab is this:
| Code: | #Removable Disks
/dev/hda /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,user 0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,user 0 0
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I have tryed "mount /dev/fd0" and "mount "/mnt/floppy".
There is a disk in the drive, but I don't think that is relevent because the error comes instantly, without even trying to read the drive.
I used genkernel, so the floppy filesystems should be covered.
Thats all the relevent information I can think of.
Thank you
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bkanuka
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| Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2005 11:52 pm Post subject: |
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| Nope...still not working... |
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Sadako
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| Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2005 11:56 pm Post subject: |
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Is "floppy" listed in the output of lsmod?
If not try "modprobe floppy".
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bkanuka
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| Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 4:07 pm Post subject: |
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Floppy was not on lsmod, so I did a modprobe floppy, but it didn't fix anything.
It's not even trying to read the drive. |
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Headrush
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| Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 4:18 pm Post subject: |
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Can you please post the output of | Code: | | ls -l /dev/fd* /dev/floppy/* |
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bkanuka
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| Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 12:22 am Post subject: |
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Here you go...I really hope this helps:
| Code: | FamilyRoom ~ # ls -l /dev/fd* /dev/floppy/*
ls: /dev/floppy/*: No such file or directory
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Jul 12 07:03 /dev/fd -> /proc/self/fd
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 0 Mar 10 12:47 /dev/fd0
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 36 Mar 10 12:47 /dev/fd0CompaQ
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 4 Mar 10 12:47 /dev/fd0d360
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 8 Mar 10 12:47 /dev/fd0h1200
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 40 Mar 10 12:47 /dev/fd0h1440
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 56 Mar 10 12:47 /dev/fd0h1476
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 72 Mar 10 12:47 /dev/fd0h1494
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 92 Mar 10 12:47 /dev/fd0h1600
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 20 Mar 10 12:47 /dev/fd0h360
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 48 Mar 10 12:47 /dev/fd0h410
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 64 Mar 10 12:47 /dev/fd0h420
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 24 Mar 10 12:47 /dev/fd0h720
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 80 Mar 10 12:47 /dev/fd0h880
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 84 Mar 10 12:47 /dev/fd0u1040
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 88 Mar 10 12:47 /dev/fd0u1120
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 28 Mar 10 12:47 /dev/fd0u1440
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 124 Mar 10 12:47 /dev/fd0u1600
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 44 Mar 10 12:47 /dev/fd0u1680
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 60 Mar 10 12:47 /dev/fd0u1722
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 76 Mar 10 12:47 /dev/fd0u1743
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 96 Mar 10 12:47 /dev/fd0u1760
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 116 Mar 10 12:47 /dev/fd0u1840
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 100 Mar 10 12:47 /dev/fd0u1920
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 32 Mar 10 12:47 /dev/fd0u2880
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 104 Mar 10 12:47 /dev/fd0u3200
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 108 Mar 10 12:47 /dev/fd0u3520
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 12 Mar 10 12:47 /dev/fd0u360
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 112 Mar 10 12:47 /dev/fd0u3840
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 16 Mar 10 12:47 /dev/fd0u720
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 120 Mar 10 12:47 /dev/fd0u800
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 52 Mar 10 12:47 /dev/fd0u820
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 68 Mar 10 12:47 /dev/fd0u830
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 1 Mar 10 12:47 /dev/fd1
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 37 Mar 10 12:47 /dev/fd1CompaQ
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 5 Mar 10 12:47 /dev/fd1d360
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 9 Mar 10 12:47 /dev/fd1h1200
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 41 Mar 10 12:47 /dev/fd1h1440
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 57 Mar 10 12:47 /dev/fd1h1476
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 73 Mar 10 12:47 /dev/fd1h1494
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 93 Mar 10 12:47 /dev/fd1h1600
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 21 Mar 10 12:47 /dev/fd1h360
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 49 Mar 10 12:47 /dev/fd1h410
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 65 Mar 10 12:47 /dev/fd1h420
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 25 Mar 10 12:47 /dev/fd1h720
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 81 Mar 10 12:47 /dev/fd1h880
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 85 Mar 10 12:47 /dev/fd1u1040
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 89 Mar 10 12:47 /dev/fd1u1120
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 29 Mar 10 12:47 /dev/fd1u1440
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 125 Mar 10 12:47 /dev/fd1u1600
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 45 Mar 10 12:47 /dev/fd1u1680
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 61 Mar 10 12:47 /dev/fd1u1722
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 77 Mar 10 12:47 /dev/fd1u1743
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 97 Mar 10 12:47 /dev/fd1u1760
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 117 Mar 10 12:47 /dev/fd1u1840
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 101 Mar 10 12:47 /dev/fd1u1920
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 33 Mar 10 12:47 /dev/fd1u2880
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 105 Mar 10 12:47 /dev/fd1u3200
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 109 Mar 10 12:47 /dev/fd1u3520
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 13 Mar 10 12:47 /dev/fd1u360
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 113 Mar 10 12:47 /dev/fd1u3840
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 17 Mar 10 12:47 /dev/fd1u720
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 121 Mar 10 12:47 /dev/fd1u800
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 53 Mar 10 12:47 /dev/fd1u820
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 69 Mar 10 12:47 /dev/fd1u830
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The "ls: /dev/floppy/*: No such file or directory" puts up a red flag...
Hope you're on to something.
Thanks for trying. |
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bkanuka
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| Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 4:38 pm Post subject: |
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B-B-B-BA-BUMP!!
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m_sqrd
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| Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 5:49 pm Post subject: |
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what dose grep -i fd /usr/src/linux/.config
return ? |
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bkanuka
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| Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 7:17 pm Post subject: |
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The output of grep -i fd /usr/src/linux/.config would be:
| Code: | CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=y
# CONFIG_FDDI is not set
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Does this help?
Thank you. |
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m_sqrd
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| Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 8:25 pm Post subject: |
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ok so it (floppy support is built in ) what dose
dmesg |grep fd return? |
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bkanuka
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| Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 2:19 am Post subject: |
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"dmesg |grep fd" returns absolutely nothing.
I'm guessing this is probably bad. If the kernel can't find it, nothing can contact it.
I should probably start working on the hardware of it. Maybe get a new floppy drive. Is that what you recommend?
Thanks for the help. |
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bkanuka
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| Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 2:38 am Post subject: |
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WOW!  I checked all connections to the drive, cleared cmos, changed some bios settings and bang it works now.
Thanks for putting up with me. |
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