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Date:      Wed, 7 May 2003 16:36:09 -0500
From:      Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>
To:        Aleksandar Antok <paralyz3@hotmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Floppy doesn't recognized by FreeBSD 5.0
Message-ID:  <20030507213609.GC31032@dan.emsphone.com>
In-Reply-To: <Law12-F43J7ck8RTfOw0000474b@hotmail.com>
References:  <Law12-F43J7ck8RTfOw0000474b@hotmail.com>

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In the last episode (May 07), Aleksandar Antok said:
> Hello everybody,
> ?
> How can I get floppy drive work under FreeBSD 5.0. I have read in the 
> handbook that I should use MAKEDEV, but I can't find it anywhere. In the /
> dev directory I have "fd" directory(and the files "0", "1", "2"). I cannot 
> mount that(/dev/fd/0). Please help me or send me MAKEDEV.
> ?

/dev/fd/* refers to filedescriptors.  You probably want /dev/fd0, which
should be automatically created if you have a floppy drive.  MAKEDEV is
not needed in 5.0.

Make sure you have "device fdc" in your kernel config file.

-- 
	Dan Nelson
	dnelson@allantgroup.com



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