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

[Keith Hellman]

Finally, a task Win2K is upto... :^)

Can you perform raw writes (using dd) to any of the /dev/fd0* devices?

--- BJ Tiemessen <gonzo99 at holly.colostate.edu> wrote:
> I can boot from the floppy.  I have been trying everything
> with the floppy both docked in the media bay and connected
> to the parallel port.  
> I also thought the modprobe message was weird and after 
> looking at some more log files I noticed about ten error
> messages indicating that the module "floppy" could not be
> found.  I looked into the kernel config and found that the
> floppy is indeed built in, not module.
> I have found a temperary work around to get files onto this
> machine.  I am dual booting W2K so I can use the floppy under
> windows to get files onto the machine.  
> 
> BJ Tiemessen
> Colorado State University
> http://holly.colostate.edu/~gonzo99
> Benjamin.Tiemessen at ColoState.edu 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: clue-tech-admin at clue.denver.co.us
> [mailto:clue-tech-admin at clue.denver.co.us]On Behalf Of Keith Hellman
> Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 8:54 AM
> To: clue-tech at clue.denver.co.us
> Subject: Re: [CLUE-Tech] Can't mount floppy on Dell laptop
> 
> 
> 
> --- 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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