Description of problem: I think my mention of the floppy not being recognized in bug 514213 got lost in the whole "I want my Audio CD" (which I grant was my important issue too). Nevertheless, after yum updating to current release, if I put a floppy into my floppy drive, it is not seen. This works in f9. I am working with x4000 under f11 and have kept my xw8000 under f9 while waiting for things to sort themselves out. I apologize for putting this under the "General" category, but I really wasn't certain what to put in under once I saw there was no "floppy" or "media" category Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Tested with latest yum update as of 15nov09 (2.6.30.9-96.fc11.i686.PAE How reproducible: Open up the "My computer" Desktop icon, see no floppy drive, insert floppy, see nothing more Steps to Reproduce: 1. see "How reproducable" 2. 3. Actual results: see "How reproducable" Expected results: The floppy drive should be visible under "My Computer" w/ or w/o a floppy inserted and most certainly should be visible and usable once a floppy has been inserted Additional info:
Something broke with floppy drives since last August. (I don't use them that often.) I have a couple of xw8000s and an Athlon MP system and /dev/fd0 is not being created (in F12 or rawhide using the F12 kernel). (If you know of a way to flash the BIOS for an xw8000 under linux so I don't need to use a floppy, that would solve my immediate problem.)
I noticed this problem upon release of f11 (along with DC/DVD not being recognized -- since fixed see above). I skipped f10 and know that it works on f9. I've got an xw8000 under f9 and the necessary floppy to flash, but it is in regards to a potential keyboard error ... I haven't done it since I'm wary of making a mistake and losing that system as it is very stable and happy except for keyboard (and I have a workaround for that (430440)) The two machines I have on f11 are x4000's and they stopped giving updates for their BIOS, so I can't test on them. Hope this bit of info helps. Paul
On the mailing lists someone recommended "modprobe floppy" as a work around for this issue. I tried it and fd0 showed up, though I haven't tested writing data to it as yet.
Vincent Onelli I experienced The same thing with F12 the floppy appeared under computer when I executed "modprobe floppy" but whe try to click on it it said "unable to mount this location, no media in the drive"
I saw someone add themselves to the cc for this and decided to check in on the state. I noticed it is classified as "needinfo". Never got a notice about that or if I did I missed it and therefore my apologies. What info is needed? Thanks, Paul
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I have pushed this bug from f11 to f12 as I know I am still seeing the problem. If I can get some guidance on what I need to provide Fedora on this issue to help resolve, I will be more than glad to run the requested tests Thanks, Paul
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I got a needInfo and am undating I have taken on f12 machine and kicked it to f13. It still has no idea that there is a floppy available. I'd like to ask if "floppys" are still supported as this bug may be asking for something that Fedora has already walked away from ... in which case I can decide if that's a good thing or not Thanks, Paul
This is still happening in F14 so I have updated the version accordingly. This looks similar to Bug 567533 (which I have also updated) and I wonder if this is a poorer description of what the problem is and it should be a dupe of 567533 (or whatever is the best way to handle) Thanks, Paul
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