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lynnevan

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Registered: 2008-02-12

Posts: 15

Theives!! /dev/fd0 gone!!

Got tired of slack and it's insistence on KDE, and GSB is a disaster.  So this is my first taste of Arch Linux!!

So far it's looking good, aside from some weird stuff I'll post later.

The subject says it all!:(

For some reason fd0 disappeared from my /dev directory.
This has continued through many reboot & shutdowns.

How does one go about re-creating such a thing? (block device?)

I may need to do this for my skype camera too.  Seems I read that somewhere.

Can someone explain, or point me in the right direction?

Sure would appreciate it.

Thanks in advance.

lynnevan

tomk

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From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 9,839

Re: Theives!! /dev/fd0 gone!!

modprobe floppy

lynnevan

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Registered: 2008-02-12

Posts: 15

Re: Theives!! /dev/fd0 gone!!

tomk,

Thanks, worked immediately, although I haven't a clue why.

If it doesn't survive a reboot, at least I know what to do.

thanks again,

lynnevan

lucke

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From: Poland

Registered: 2004-11-30

Posts: 4,018

Re: Theives!! /dev/fd0 gone!!

If you want it to survive reboot, add "floppy" to MODULES section in /etc/rc.conf.

pyther

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Registered: 2008-01-21

Posts: 1,395

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Re: Theives!! /dev/fd0 gone!!

I stole your /dev/fd0!

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lynnevan

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Registered: 2008-02-12

Posts: 15

Re: Theives!! /dev/fd0 gone!!

Thanks lucke!!
"If you want it to survive reboot, add "floppy" to MODULES section in /etc/rc.conf."

Now I don't have to worry about 'pyther' anymore.

It's nailed down.

lynnevan