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From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@3-cities.com>
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Subject: Re: Can't open /dev/rfd0: Device not configured
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David Kelly wrote:
> 
> Upgraded from 3.1-stable to 3.2-stable this weekend using "make world".
> Then needed to write a DOS floppy and found mtools failed:

I just went through this a week or so ago. There are massive changes
to many things in /etc. There are new /dev device names. I didn't
really have 3.2-stable until I really ran mergemaster and rebooted.

Kent (KA7GKW)

> 
> % mdir a:
> Can't open /dev/rfd0: Device not configured
> Cannot initialize 'A:'
> % fdformat /dev/rfd0.1440
> fdformat: /dev/rfd0.1440: Device not configured
> % ls -l /dev/rfd0
> crw-rx----  9 root  operator    9,   0 May 24 08:24 /dev/rfd0
> % id
> uid=928(dkelly) gid=928(dkelly) groups=928(dkelly), 0(wheel), 5(operator), 68(dialer)
> % dmesg | grep fdc
> fdc0 at 0x3f0-0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on isa
> fdc0: FIFO enabled, 8 bytes threshold
> %
> 
> Built a new kernel too. My selections are a subset of GENERIC, the fdc
> stuff was untouched.
> 
> What broke? It used to work with earlier 3.1's. It appears dmesg sees
> the floppy device. Is it something I'm doing?
> 
> --
> David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net
> =====================================================================
> The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its
> capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system.
> 
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Kent Stewart
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