Re: [BETA2] Floppy drive no longer accessible

From: Philipp Ost <pj_at_smo.de>
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 22:35:50 +0200
Bruce Cran wrote:
> 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.

Now, this is something I'm really uncomfortable with as I actually have 
read that particular thread. Thanks for heads-up anyway.

In the meantime I updated my system to BETA4 and everything is running 
fine so far.

Sorry for the noise,
Philipp

Received on Sat Sep 12 2009 - 18:34:27 UTC

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