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SubjectRe: 1.3.80 and msdos mount
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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