Bug 176515 - /dev/fd0 has gone missing
Summary: /dev/fd0 has gone missing
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: udev
Version: rawhide
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Harald Hoyer
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2005-12-23 23:09 UTC by John Ellson
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:11 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2006-01-24 15:47:55 UTC
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Description John Ellson 2005-12-23 23:09:04 UTC
Description of problem:
I think this is a udev problem.

There is no /dev/fd0 any more, instead there is /dev/fd/0 , /dev/fd/1 , ..

mtools cannot find drive a:

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
udev-078-2
mtools-3.9.10-1.1

How reproducible:


Steps to Reproduce:
1. insert floppy
2. mdir a:
3.
  
Actual results:
Can't open /dev/fd0: No such file or directory
Cannot initialize 'A:'


Expected results:


Additional info:
I tried "ln -s /dev/fd/0 /dev/fd0" but the system just hung when I tried to use it.

Comment 1 Harald Hoyer 2006-01-24 15:47:55 UTC
should be back again...


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