Bug 75687

Summary: Running standard RH 8.0 kernel-2.4.18-14 on ASUS P4T-E motherboard. dmesg reports "Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M floppy0: no floppy controllers found" Can access floppy using kernel rebuilt with floppy as a module.
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: Michael Kearey <mutk>
Component: kernelAssignee: Arjan van de Ven <arjanv>
Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE QA Contact: Brian Brock <bbrock>
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Version: 8.0CC: haxor86, manschke, pward
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Output of dmidecode for my ASUS P4T-E motherboard none

Description Michael Kearey 2002-10-11 02:35:17 UTC 
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Description of problem:
Bug referenced here:
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=60887
has been closed. However problem persists for me using Redhat 8.0. 

Note that I have not attempted to use "Kickstart" with a floppy so I don't know
if this works. But once standard installation is completed,  demsg outputs -
Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
floppy0: no floppy controllers found

and the floppy drive is not useable. I have rebuilt a kernel to use floppy as a
module and floppy functions correctly. I have also tried additional tips
described in the above link, with no success. 

Am running the latest BIOS from ASUS (1007) for P4T-E.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):kernel-2.4.18-14


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install Redhat 8.0 on my ASUS P4T-E
2. Boot computer
3. Insert floppy disk, "mount /mnt/floppy", dmesg |less to see message that
floppy controller is not found

Actual Results:  mount /mnt/floppy
mount: can't find /mnt/floppy in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab
dmesg |less output (extract):
Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
floppy0: no floppy controllers found

Floppy drive not accessible



Expected Results:  mount /mnt/floppy    ->  Silence, indicating no errors, and
successful mount

Additional info:
Comment 1 Michael Kearey 2002-10-11 02:36:36 UTC 
Created attachment 79884 [details]
Output of dmidecode for my ASUS P4T-E motherboard
Comment 2 Peter Ward 2003-02-13 06:39:37 UTC 
I have identical issue - RH 8.0, P4T-E, floppy controller not found, even though
it was recognised during install - I created a boot disk
Comment 3 Need Real Name 2003-03-05 03:54:42 UTC 
The same happens with me; note, SuSE does the same, but Mandrake will work (even
though you have to get oss for the built in sound mobo's)!  Reason unknown...
Comment 4 Michael Kearey 2003-03-07 05:37:07 UTC 
The new kernel-2.4.18-26.8.0  *appears* to resolve the problem.
I am happy now that I can run the out of box RH kernel and access floppy drive
now...
Comment 5 Need Real Name 2003-03-09 20:21:14 UTC 
oh?  I just upgraded my kernel in hopes of it working, but I still have no
floppy support.  Sure you didn't do anything special?

mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
mount: /dev/fd0 is not a valid block device

(P4T-E Socket 478 P4 Motherboard; Intel 850 Chipset)
Comment 6 Michael Kearey 2003-03-09 20:46:42 UTC 
Definately "WORKSFORME". Although I did get the "mount: /dev/fd0 is not a valid
block device" error once, changed to a known good floppy, and it was ok. 

Note the original problem is that kernel would not recognise or find a floppy
controller. ie you would be getting "floppy0: no floppy controllers found" line
in dmesg. Also, instead of "mount: /dev/fd0 is not a valid block device" you
would be getting "mount: can't find /mnt/floppy in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab" - as
if there is no floppy drive at all.

I suspect that you have a bad floppy disk. Try changing to a known good one, or
format the floppy again.



Current Kernel: 
uname -a
Linux XXXXXXXX 2.4.18-26.8.0 #1 Mon Feb 24 10:21:42 EST 2003 i686 i686 i386
GNU/Linux

dmidecode is as per attachement of original bug post.

mount /mnt/floppy/
mount
/dev/hda2 on / type ext3 (rw)
none on /proc type proc (rw)
usbdevfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbdevfs (rw)
/dev/hda1 on /boot type ext3 (rw)
none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
/dev/fd0 on /mnt/floppy type vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev)

ls /mnt/floppy/
boot.msg     initrd.img   options.msg  rescue.msg  splash.lss    syslinux.png
general.msg  ldlinux.sys  param.msg    snake.msg   syslinux.cfg  vmlinuz

It works ...
Cheers,
Michael