Date: Wed, 7 May 2003 17:50:30 -0500 (CDT) From: Eduardo Viruena Silva <mrspock@esfm.ipn.mx> To: <paralyz3@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Floppy doesn't recognized by FreeBSD 5.0 Message-ID: <1063.148.204.17.98.1052347830.squirrel@mail.esfm.ipn.mx> In-Reply-To: <20030507213609.GC31032@dan.emsphone.com> References: <Law12-F43J7ck8RTfOw0000474b@hotmail.com> <20030507213609.GC31032@dan.emsphone.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. >> ? are you using an Intel Mother board? do you know brand and model of your floppy drive? > > /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 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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