[CLUE-Tech] Can't mount floppy on Dell laptop

[Keith Hellman]

--- BJ Tiemessen <gonzo99 at holly.colostate.edu> wrote:
> .xsession-error that reads like this:
> Can't open file '/dev/fd0' for reading!
> Can't open file '/dev/fd1' for reading!
> Cat't open file '/proc/parport/0/autoprobe' for reading!
> modprobe: Can't locate module floppy
> 
That last line seems strangely suspcious...I can't image compiling a
kernel without floppy control as static, come to think of it, I can't
think of the kernel config option that turns it off.

Can you boot from floppy?  That would at least show that you have a
working floppy (it doesn't, IIRC, proof the kernel/modules are setup
correctly).

Do you have /dev/fd0, /dev/fd0u1440, and such device entries?


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Keith E. Hellman
kehellman at yahoo.com

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