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Re: Floppy problems... (fdc missing in /dev)

This is a discussion on Re: Floppy problems... (fdc missing in /dev) within the lucky.openbsd.misc forums, part of the OpenBSD category; --> On Monday 05 September 2005 20:31, sebastian.rother@jpberlin.de wrote: > Hello everybody, > > I've noticed that fdc isn't in ...


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Old 02-17-2008, 06:05 AM
Simon Farnsworth
 
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Default Re: Floppy problems... (fdc missing in /dev)

On Monday 05 September 2005 20:31, sebastian.rother@jpberlin.de wrote:
> Hello everybody,
>
> I've noticed that fdc isn't in /dev/.
> I noticed it during I tried to boot a floppy.
>

fdc(4) is the floppy controller. If you read the manpage, you'll discover that
the floppy *drive* is /dev/fd[0-3][A-H][a-p]

Try looking at /dev/fd*, in particular /dev/fd0c for your floppy.
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Simon Farnsworth

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