floppy disk: /dev/fd/0 doesn't function :(

Hello!
First: I am quite satisfied with freeBSD 5.0-CURRENT!


floppy disk: /dev/fd/0 doesn't function :(

my cvsup-date currently used by me:
»/usr/sup/src-all/checkouts.cvs:.« says: "F 5 1050359714" in the first row.
14th of April 2003, 22:39 GMT

(The same problem at my cousin's, with cvsup from: 18th, if I am not wrong)

To use /dev/fd/0 instead of /dev/fd0 I did realize.

The Devices /dev/fd/[0-2] are there.
crw-rw-rw-  1 root  wheel   22,   0 Apr 28 20:27:30 2003 /dev/fd/0
and so on.

trying mounting:
---CUT---
freeHugin:/usr/home/kalten# mount -t msdos /dev/fd/0 /mnt
msdosfs: /dev/fd/0: Block device required
freeHugin:/usr/home/kalten#
---cut---

strange: 
crw-r-----  1 root  operator    4,  13 Apr 28 18:27:30 2003 /dev/ad0s3
another msdos-fs... but mountable by "-t msdos"

next try: »dd if=/dev/fd/0 of=lll«
does nothing.  No increase in filesize -- simply 0 bytes long.
no actifity on floppy-LEDs.

the best (and the reason I suppose):
out of /var/log/messages
instead of (in older times, sorry no 5.0-log found any more -- only 4.7 -- but
it had been like this some cvsup-versions earlyer):
---CUT---
Jan 23 19:12:22 freeHugin /kernel: fdc0: <NEC 72065B or clone> at port 0x3f0-0x3f5,0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on isa0
Jan 23 19:12:22 freeHugin /kernel: fdc0: FIFO enabled, 8 bytes threshold
Jan 23 19:12:22 freeHugin /kernel: fd0: <1440-KB 3.5" drive> on fdc0 drive 0
---cut---
there now stands (longer version out of /var/log/all.log as atachment):
---CUT---
Apr 28 18:27:49 <kern.crit> freeHugin kernel: fdc0: cmd 3 failed at out byte 1 of 3
...
Apr 28 18:27:49 <kern.crit> freeHugin kernel: fdc0: cmd 3 failed at out byte 1 of 3
...
Apr 28 18:27:49 <kern.crit> freeHugin kernel: fdc0: cannot reserve I/O port range (6 ports)
---cut---
according to "man 4 fdc" I should have a "device fd" beside fdc.  The compiler
means: "unknown" :). 
The manpage speaks about /dev/fdN and so on (December 16th, 2001)


and BTW: my paralell iomega-ZIP-drive:
If I do not have a media in it at boot time, even "camcontrol rescan all" does
not help to get /dev/da0s4 created -- only /dev/da0 ist there, "fdisk da0" shows
that there is a s4, but even after calling fdisk, the entrance in /dev/ is not
being created.

Yours, Kalten
-- 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
   kalten_at_sbox.tu-graz.ac.at
   http://www.sbox.tu-graz.ac.at/home/k/kalten
   http://freeKopja.tu-graz.ac.at/kalten