Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 28 Oct 2003 14:41:27 -0800 | From | "Randy.Dunlap" <> | Subject | Re: Floppy in 2.6 |
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On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 23:20:54 +0100 Jakub Krajcovic <news.receive@zoznam.sk> wrote:
| Hi everybody, this might be a stupid question, but here goes anyway: | | I've been using the 2.6 test kernels from when -test4 was released, but only today have i noticed that my floppy drive is nowhere to be found. | | I've checked the in the menu for the kernel config (make menuconfig) and i did not find the "block devices > normal floppy support" option (as it was called in the 2.4 kernels) anywhere, and there is no /dev/fd0 on my system.
It's the first item listed under Block devices: Normal floppy disk support
It won't be listed for PC9800 or S/390 hardware.
| In 2.4 there was the option for "normal floppy support" and I have the /dev/fd0 device for my floppy when I boot the old 2.4.22 kernel. So my question is: does the 2.6 kernel support normal floppy disks or not? And if it does, how do I enable this support in order to use my floppy drive.
Yes. What kind of system hardware? Check for "CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD" in the .config file.
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