Re: [BETA2] Floppy drive no longer accessible

From: Bruce Cran <bruce_at_cran.org.uk> Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 04:34:08 +0100 · This archive was generated by hypermail 2.4.0 : Wed May 19 2021 - 11:39:55 UTC

On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 23:06:19 +0200
Philipp Ost <pj_at_smo.de> wrote:

> Hi guys,
> 
> I'm running 8.0-BETA2 (i386) and have some problems concerning my
> floppy drive -- it's no longer accessible because there's no entry
> in /dev:
> 
> $ find /dev -name \*fd\*
> /dev/fd
> $

There was a regression in the ACPI code that was fixed after 8.0-BETA2
- see the thread "fdc(4) regression: fdc0 fails to probe" for details.

-- 
Bruce Cran