What happened to /dev/fd0 in FC5 ??

[Mikkel L. Ellertson]

Philip Rhoades wrote:
> People,
> 
> I haven't used the floppy since I upgraded to FC5 but I just went to do
> something and it doesn't exist!  I googled around and it seems that FC5
> does not install the floppy device?  I tried using:
> 
> 	mknod /dev/fd0 b 2 0 
> 
> but although the device was created, when I try and use dd to put an
> image on the floppy I get:
> 
> 	dd: opening `/dev/fd0': No such device or address
> 
> What is going on?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Phil.
With udev, running mknode is usually a wast of time. Udev will
create the device files as needed. The floppy devices are normally
created when the floppy module is loaded. From looking around, I
think this is done by the /etc/sysconfig/modules/idev-stw.modules
script. But you can try running "modprobe floppy" or "modprobe -v
floppy" and see what happens. It returns a "No such device" error on
my laptop, but I expected that, as it does not have a floppy drive.

Mikkel
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