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south
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Joined: 29 Sep 2004
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Location: Vienna
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 Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2004 9:28 pm Post subject: floppy troubles |
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hi, i have the following problem:
i cant mount my floppy because i dont have a dir /dev/fd0
i do have a dir /dev/fd/0 but this i cant mount
i have activated the normal floppy support in the kernel (2.6.8-r3)
include ide/atapi support for floppy isn't active
here's my
bash-2.05b# dmesg | grep -i floppy
acpi_floppy_resource: 4 ioports at 0x3f2
acpi_floppy_resource: 1 ioports at 0x3f7
floppy: controller ACPI FDC0 at I/O 0x3f2-0x3f5, 0x3f7-0x3f7 irq 6 dma channel 2
and
bash-2.05b# zcat /proc/config.gz | grep -i floppy
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEFLOPPY is not set
# Ftape, the floppy tape device driver
thy 4 help, greetings from the south |
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codergeek42
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| Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2004 9:50 pm Post subject: |
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Try setting | Code: | | CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEFLOPPY=y |
in your kernel config, re-compiling it, and see if that helps.
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strikinado
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Joined: 23 Mar 2004
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| Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2004 12:40 am Post subject: |
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I have same problem, but my CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEFLOPPY=y is already set.
please help
ps: All is ok with flat cable and driver, it works in other O.S.
I think it is a kernel bug
| Code: | 2.6.8-gentoo-r3
bash-2.05b# dmesg |grep flopp
acpi_floppy_resource: 4 ioports at 0x3f2
acpi_floppy_resource: 1 ioports at 0x3f7
floppy: controller ACPI FDC0 at I/O 0x3f2-0x3f5, 0x3f7-0x3f7 irq 6 dma channel 2
ide-floppy driver 0.99.newide
bash-2.05b# zgrep -i flopp /proc/config.gz
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEFLOPPY=y
# Ftape, the floppy tape device driver
bash-2.05b#
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Decibels
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| Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2004 1:51 am Post subject: |
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Do you have a mount point in /mnt like /mnt/floppy?
What do you have for it in /etc/fstab?
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dma
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Joined: 31 Jan 2003
Posts: 437
Location: Charlotte, NC, USA
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| Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2004 3:18 am Post subject: |
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EDIT: see these:
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=219706
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61832
I recompiled it as a module after I found it didn't work built in...
With a disk in the drive:
| Code: | root@laureate:~# uname -a
Linux laureate 2.6.8-gentoo-r3 #4 Wed Sep 29 22:54:11 EDT 2004 i686 AMD Athlon(TM) XP 2200+ AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux
root@laureate:~# modprobe floppy
FATAL: Error inserting floppy (/lib/modules/2.6.8-gentoo-r3/kernel/drivers/block/floppy.ko): No such device
root@laureate:~# cat /dev/fd[0-9]*
cat: /dev/fd0: No such device or address
cat: /dev/fd0CompaQ: No such device or address
cat: /dev/fd0d360: No such device or address
cat: /dev/fd0h1200: No such device or address
cat: /dev/fd0h1440: No such device or address
cat: /dev/fd0h1476: No such device or address
cat: /dev/fd0h1494: No such device or address
cat: /dev/fd0h1600: No such device or address
cat: /dev/fd0h360: No such device or address
cat: /dev/fd0h410: No such device or address
cat: /dev/fd0h420: No such device or address
cat: /dev/fd0h720: No such device or address
cat: /dev/fd0h880: No such device or address
cat: /dev/fd0u1040: No such device or address
cat: /dev/fd0u1120: No such device or address
cat: /dev/fd0u1440: No such device or address
cat: /dev/fd0u1600: No such device or address
cat: /dev/fd0u1680: No such device or address
cat: /dev/fd0u1722: No such device or address
cat: /dev/fd0u1743: No such device or address
cat: /dev/fd0u1760: No such device or address
cat: /dev/fd0u1840: No such device or address
cat: /dev/fd0u1920: No such device or address
cat: /dev/fd0u2880: No such device or address
cat: /dev/fd0u3200: No such device or address
cat: /dev/fd0u3520: No such device or address
cat: /dev/fd0u360: No such device or address
cat: /dev/fd0u3840: No such device or address
cat: /dev/fd0u720: No such device or address
cat: /dev/fd0u800: No such device or address
cat: /dev/fd0u820: No such device or address
cat: /dev/fd0u830: No such device or address
cat: /dev/fd1: No such device or address
cat: /dev/fd1CompaQ: No such device or address
cat: /dev/fd1d360: No such device or address
cat: /dev/fd1h1200: No such device or address
cat: /dev/fd1h1440: No such device or address
cat: /dev/fd1h1476: No such device or address
cat: /dev/fd1h1494: No such device or address
cat: /dev/fd1h1600: No such device or address
cat: /dev/fd1h360: No such device or address
cat: /dev/fd1h410: No such device or address
cat: /dev/fd1h420: No such device or address
cat: /dev/fd1h720: No such device or address
cat: /dev/fd1h880: No such device or address
cat: /dev/fd1u1040: No such device or address
cat: /dev/fd1u1120: No such device or address
cat: /dev/fd1u1440: No such device or address
cat: /dev/fd1u1600: No such device or address
cat: /dev/fd1u1680: No such device or address
cat: /dev/fd1u1722: No such device or address
cat: /dev/fd1u1743: No such device or address
cat: /dev/fd1u1760: No such device or address
cat: /dev/fd1u1840: No such device or address
cat: /dev/fd1u1920: No such device or address
cat: /dev/fd1u2880: No such device or address
cat: /dev/fd1u3200: No such device or address
cat: /dev/fd1u3520: No such device or address
cat: /dev/fd1u360: No such device or address
cat: /dev/fd1u3840: No such device or address
cat: /dev/fd1u720: No such device or address
cat: /dev/fd1u800: No such device or address
cat: /dev/fd1u820: No such device or address
cat: /dev/fd1u830: No such device or address |
Also I don't think I can get it to beep anymore.  |
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Naib
Watchman
Joined: 21 May 2004
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Location: Removed by Neddy
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| Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2004 10:18 am Post subject: |
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I have exactly the same problem.
This is definitly a Kernel problem.
1) The floppy drive works in windows and I can boot off it
2) When compiled as a module it cannot be instered with modprobe (same error as above)
3) When compiled into kernel it doesnt work
4) there is no /dev/fd0
5) I have a /mnt/floppy and fstab points to /dev/fd0 and /mnt/floppy
6) am using udev (same probe with devfs) - but THIS IS A KERNEL PROB!!
Please what can I do to get the use of floppy back. I use linux all hte time at home but my lass boots into windows (just because GRUB defaults to windows) with the MS JPG fault I have asked he to only use liux for now - she likes it BUT she needs the floppy for her work |
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south
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Joined: 29 Sep 2004
Posts: 53
Location: Vienna
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| Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2004 9:19 am Post subject: |
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hi, solution might be using the newer 2.6.8-r5 kernel
hadn't time to merge it, but this should do it
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dsd
Developer
Joined: 30 Mar 2003
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Location: nr London
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| Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2004 10:39 am Post subject: |
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yes, using -r5 or -r6 will solve the issue.
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