Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1998 19:23:06 -0700 (PDT) From: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> To: cgrimes@tsoft.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.2.5 Q&A floppies Message-ID: <199809280223.TAA13888@tao.thought.org> In-Reply-To: <19980927.7062500@tsoft.com> from "cgrimes@tsoft.com" at "Sep 27, 98 07:06:25 am"
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According to cgrimes@tsoft.com: > > Hey Kline@Tao, > > This may sound extremely stupid, but I can not get my floppy drive > recognized, read, accessed, or mounted in 2.2.5. It doesn't show up on > the boot device list (fd0 ?). When I try to manually mount it by > typing "mount /dev/fd0 /A <or> /mnt" I get the message, "fd0 device > not configured" I tried MAKEDEV fd0, fd0a, fd1.1440, and so forth, and > get other error messages. > > What I want to do is have a working 3.5" drive so I can pull in old > DOS, Win95 text files. > > So, what's up? Does this mean I have to add fd0 to the kernel and > re-compile the kernel? If this is the case, then guys, I gotta say, I > hope you put a fd0 (3.5" 1440) into the default kernel in whatever is > the current version of FreeBSD. BTW, I've been over the 2.2.5 manual > many times on this issue and still don't understand what's wrong. > > Any help would be appreciated--like a check list to figure out where > the problem is. > I'm cc'ing the -questions list, where this kind of query properly belongs. The people on -questions have prob'ly seen this one myriad times before. Also where you are likely to get help much more quickly than through me. There is no such thing as a stupid question, as far as I'm concerned; the stupid thing is not to ask help if you are stumped. That said, the following questions come to mind: Have you checked the device directory to see if fd0... exist? Type: % cd /dev % ls -l fd0* to see. The floppy devices should be there; and yes, of course they are in the kernel. Type % dmesg | more to check your system configuration. Assuming the /dev/fd0 and others are missing, you can make the with the MAKEDEV script. You've got to be root and specify MAKEDEV specifically since /dev isn't in root's exec $path. So try : # cd /dev # ./MAKEDEV fd0 And let us know what happens... enjoy! gary > -- Gary D. Kline kline@tao.thought.org Public service uNix To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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