I have installed Gentoo recently and had few configuration problems with
it (X server, KDE, CD recording, other). I learn Gentoo and i managed to
solve the problems somehow so far.

I even installed CUPS and managed to select a printer. But i still cannot
print. I noticed that there are no devices in the /dev directory
representing parallel port or printer port, like /dev/lp0
There is also no /dev/fd0 device for a floppy drive so i have no access to
my floppy either.

When i boot my Knoppix on the same HDD the /dev directory contains many
different devices, also lp0 and fd0 so under Knoppix i can print and
access the floppy.

I browsed thru some documentation, but failed to find any hint about how
am i supposed to solve the problem and install the devices manually in the
/dev directory.

Searching the manuals i found 'mknod' command available, but i have never
used that and have no experience. I only guess this command could have
something in common with creating devices in system.

I compiled the kernel and there was 'parallel port support' selected.

I kindly ask for some suggestions, hints, links about what i made wrong
installing Gentoo, how to get parallel printer port in Gentoo, are there
any tools etc.

I installed several distributions before and had never such problems -
installers detected my devices and ports and made appropriate
files/devices in the /dev directory. My Knoppix distribution made that all
automatically. I noticed that the /dev devices in Gentoo differ from those
in other distributions of Linux.

Thank you in advance. Greetings!
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