On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 15:41:27 +0900 Horms wrote: > On Sun, Oct 09, 2005 at 07:10:24PM +0200, Francesco Poli wrote: [...] > > # mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /media/floppy/ > > mount: /dev/fd0 is not a valid block device > > # ls -altrF /dev/fd0 > > brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 0 Feb 26 2005 /dev/fd0 > > # tail -3 /var/log/kern.log > > [...] oldbox kernel: inserting floppy driver for 2.6.8-2-386 > > [...] oldbox kernel: Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M > > [...] oldbox kernel: floppy0: Floppy io-port 0x03f2 in use > > > > But io-port 0x03f2 does not seem to be in use: > > > > # cat /proc/ioports [...] > Are you sure that the drive is actually at 0x03f2?
How can I check this?
Is that a hardware setting (such as a jumper or something) you're
referring to?
[...]
> > What can I do?
>
> It seems like a fairly specialised problem, but fortunately due
> to the beuaty of free software you have all the information
> you need to resolve the problem yourself.
The beauty of free software is also a community of users helping each
other... :-/
Unfortunately IANAKH (I Am Not A Kernel Hacker) and thus I'm afraid I
don't have enough knowledge to solve the problem all by myself... :-(
Any suggestions on what I could look for (so that I don't have to review
every and each line of code of the Debian sarge base system)?
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:-( This Universe is buggy! Where's the Creator's BTS? ;-)
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