On 2003-10-21, alt.religion.albertanism <AlbertJacherHolyProphet.n05pa-m@op.pl> wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 18:39:43 +0000, in
><slrnbpavbi.4vb.jdpNOSPAM@eris.oppresses.us>, Jon Portnoy wrote:
>
>> Gentoo by default uses devfs.
>>
>> Check /dev/floppy/0 and /dev/printers/0
>
> Thank you.
> I have '/dev/printers' but nothing in it.
> I do not have '/dev/floppy' at all.
>
> These selected contents of my /dev directory:
> agpgart@ cdrom@ cdroms/ console cpu/ discs/ fb/ fb0@ fd@
> full gpmctl= hda@ hda1@ hda2@ ide/ initctl| initrd@ input/
> kmem log= mem misc/ mouse@ null port printers/
> ptmx pts/ pty/ ptya0@ ptya1@ ram2@ ram3@ raminitrd@
> random rd/ root@ rtc@ scsi/ sg/ sg0@ shm/ sound/ sr/
> sr0@ stderr@ stdin@ stdout@ tty tty0@ tty1@ unknown@
> urandom usb/ usbmouse@ vc/ vcc/ vcs@ vcs1@ vcs2@
> vcsa@ vcsa1@ zero
>
> This folders and devices scheme is quite new to me.
> I cannot associate those acronyms with a parallel port.
>

In that case, you don't have a floppy driver and parrell port + line
printer driver built into your kernel (or if you have them as modules
they're not loaded)

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