5.04 /dev/fd/* broken

Anders Karlsson trudheim at gmail.com
Mon Sep 26 12:42:59 UTC 2005


On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 12:47:57 +0100, Michael Ross <michael.ross at gmx.net>  
wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> after installing 5.04, I am not able to access the floppy drive.
>
> Errors read like "no such device /dev/fd0",
> or "/dev/fd/0 is no block-orientated device".

IIRC, you want /dev/fd0 as /dev/fd/* is filedescriptors.

> I tried MAKEDEV -d generic, but to no avail,
> and being at my wits´ end, I am hoping for help.
>
> TIA
>
> Michael
>
>

/Anders




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