I lost my dev/fd0...

[XwinggunnerX]

hey

My computer is weird and I could only access to the floppy through /dev/hdd and not /dev/fd0. I try to make a bootdisk through lilo -b /dev/hdd and it would say /dev/hdd is not on the first disk. It would happen in drakfloppy. I really need a boot disk. Any helps.

[demian]

How strange!?! Is there no /dev/fd0 file at all? What is the output of file /dev/hdd, file /dev/hdd1 and file /dev/fd0 (if it's there)?

[CMonster]

That does sound a little weird. What does your /etc/fstab file look like? What happens if you try mount /dev/fd0?

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[This message has been edited by CMonster (edited 11 January 2001).]

[XwinggunnerX]

Well, I found out that /mnt/floppy is mounted toward /dev/hdd . It's hardware problems thanks to the nice incompetent folks at Compusa who I want to replace my HD and ended up screwing my floppy drive. Anyway, There is no fd0.

[demian]

Did you try running MAKEDEV fd[0-9] (0 should be enough for you)?? You might have to remove /dev/hdd before doing it, if hdd really refers to your floppy drive. Then also do a MAKEDEV hdd if you need it.

[XwinggunnerX]

thanks, I'll try that right now.

[XwinggunnerX]

Sorry to bother you again, but I don't have MAKEDEV command. I am running mandrake 7.2.

[demian]

Have a look in your mailbox and copy the attached file to /dev