Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 31 Mar 1996 18:14:56 -0500 (EST) | From | Dale Scheetz <> | Subject | Re: 1.3.80 and msdos mount |
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On Sun, 31 Mar 1996, Peter von der Ahe wrote:
> >>>>> "Dale" == Dale Scheetz <dwarf@polaris.net> writes: > > Dale> I have been running the 1.3.80 kernel for several days now and > Dale> just ran into a problem. When I try: > > Dale> mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /floppy > > Dale> I get back: > > Dale> mount: /dev/fd0 is not a block device > > The problem isn't the msdos module, it is loaded. The problem is the > floppy module. I think you have compiled floppy support as a module, > and that's not loaded. Read the man page for kerneld to see how to > setup aliases so the floppy modules gets loaded "automagically". If > you don't use kerneld just type modprobe floppy or insmod floppy.o. > That was it! 'insmod floppy' failed to find the file, however, 'insmod /usr/src/kernel-source-1.3.80/modules/floppy.o' works fine. I can mount the floppy now, no problem.
Thanks for your time,
Dwarf
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