Bug 394521
Summary: | /dev/fd0 floppy drive not defined on IBM 300GL | ||
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Product: | [Fedora] Fedora | Reporter: | Todd Newell <todd655495> |
Component: | udev | Assignee: | Harald Hoyer <harald> |
Status: | CLOSED CANTFIX | QA Contact: | Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa> |
Severity: | low | Docs Contact: | |
Priority: | low | ||
Version: | 8 | CC: | hdegoede |
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Hardware: | i386 | ||
OS: | Linux | ||
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Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |
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Last Closed: | 2008-01-14 11:59:50 UTC | Type: | --- |
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Description
Todd Newell
2007-11-21 16:36:35 UTC
I have recently found that the "floppy" kernel module is not installed automatically on a 300GL with Fedora 8. However if the command "modprobe floppy" is run, the floppy drive is recognized as it should be. My workaround is to put the "modprobe floppy" command in /etc/rc.d/rc.local. Short intro: I'm a Fedora contributer doing some kernel bug triaging. The flopy driver should auto load, is the floppy drive enabled (set to 1.44M) in the bios of the laptop? The bios is used to determine if a floppy drive is actually present. If it isn't enabled, please try enabling it in the BIOS and then see if it will work without the /etc/rc.d/rc.local modification. If this works please close this bug as NOTABUG. Either way changing component to udev as udev is responsible for loading the floppy driver. $ cat /etc/modprobe.d/floppy-pnp alias pnp:dPNP0700 floppy your BIOS does not seem to advertise your floppy. As this is very rare seen and all other users suffer from forcing the floppy module to load, I can't fix this right now. You may show me another possibility. |