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Date:      Thu, 27 Apr 2000 14:04:25 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Zhihui Zhang <zzhang@cs.binghamton.edu>
To:        Mark Hendriks <markh@lon.imag.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Configure floppy on 4.0-release
Message-ID:  <Pine.SOL.4.21.0004271402490.29095-100000@sol.cs.binghamton.edu>
In-Reply-To: <00042712091200.00374@mymachine.imag.net>

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On Thu, 27 Apr 2000, Mark Hendriks wrote:

> On Thu, 27 Apr 2000, Zhihui Zhang wrote:
> > When I do "mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /floppy" under 4.0-Release, it responds
> > "device not configured".  I tried the old trick as follows, they won't
> > work:
> > 
> > (1) During boot up, I hit spacebar to bring the loader menu:
> > 
> > ok boot -c
> > ....
> > cconfig> en fdc0
> > 
> > (2) Edit the file /boot/kern.conf to add the following line:
> > 
> > en fdc0
> > 
> > What is the problem?  Thanks for any help.
> 
> If you've altered your kernel configuration from GENERIC, you may want to
> check that file also.  You really shouldn't have to do any other
> configuration for a floppy if it's included in the kernel, and you really
> shouldn't need the above line in your kern.conf file.  Check for typos, and
> compare what you've got to the appropriate line in the LINT file.
> 

The problem is that I connected the IDE cable incorrectly.  It is not 
a problem of FreeBSD. Thanks.

-Zhihui



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