Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 22 Nov 2001 22:13:50 -0700 | From | Richard Gooch <> | Subject | Re: ide-floppy.c vs devfs |
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Jack Howarth writes: > Paul, > Is ide-floppy supposed to be devfs friendly? I ask > because on Linux 2.4.15-pre2 (and previous kernels) > on the Powermac (Debian ppc sid) I find that the > ide-floppy driver only creates device for my ide > zip if a zip disk is inserted at boot time. Otherwise > the /dev/ide/host1/bus0/target1/lun0 directory doesn't > contain a device node for the zip whereas the ide-cdrom > driver creates a /dev/ide/host1/bus0/target0/lun0/cd > fine without a cdrom disk inserted at boot time. I find > that the only way I can get the zip device created at > boot time without media inserted is to use ide-scsi > emulation and turn off ide-floppy when I configure the > kernel. Is this issue a known problem and does it > exist for other arches than powerpc (Powermac)? Thanks > in advance for any advice.
Is this an LS-120 drive? If so, I'm soon getting one, so I can finally play with this.
Regards,
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