Hi Derrik
I'm using Debian 2.2.r5 (Kernel 2.4.4) loaded from a CD set that was burnt in January 2002 which should be up to date and stable. I used the installation screens to load it.
ls -l /dev gives lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Mar 22 12:06 fd -> /proc/self/fd brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 0 Mar 22 12:06 fd0 ls -l /proc gives lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 64 Mar 27 17:51 self -> 373 and no fd doesn't show up in /proc/devices TIA Clive At 9:27 am -0700 27/3/02, Derrik Pates wrote: On Wed, Mar 27, 2002 at 11:24:14AM +0000, Clive Menzies wrote:
After installing the MkLinux version of MAKEDEV it didn't seem to run. So I installed MkLinux on another partition to check the floppy major and minor numbers. fd0 is also major 2 and minor 0 on MkLinux. I shall try "info mknod" to see if it sheds any light but I'm still confused.
The kernel from nubus-pmac.sf.net is NOT an MkLinux kernel. MkLinux is a Linux kernel running as a server on top of Mach, and the kernel at nubus-pmac is a true native kernel port. I have 3 systems (PowerMac 6100s) with the nubus-pmac kernel running on them, and their floppy drives work fine. The kernel is known to support the SWIM3 floppy controller on those systems (also used in several others). Does 'fd' show up under 'Block devices:' in /proc/devices? Did you build a custom kernel for that system, or are you using one of the stock kernels posted on the site? -- Derrik Pates | Sysadmin, Douglas School | #linuxOS on EFnet [EMAIL PROTECTED] | District (dsdk12.net) | #linuxOS on OPN
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