floppy disk - device not configured error

[Jerry McAllister]

> > 
> > Check it and use MAKEDEV to make them 
> >   (what happens after you get to 5.x I don't know yet, 
> > haven't been there)
> > 
> > do    cd /dev
> >       ls -l *fd0*
> > if you don't find an 'rfd0c'  then make one
> > 
> >       ./MAKEDEV fd0         should do it
> > 
> > You might need to delete some stuff first as in
> >       
> >       rm *fdo*
> > 
> > But, really, these should all be there because the system normally
> > makes these by default.   If they aren't there, something pooped
> > along the line somewhere.
> > 
> > Good luck,
> > 
> > ////jerry
> > 
> 
> I tried fdformat -f 1440 and it wanted the device.  Tried it with
> fdformat -f 1440 fd0, and got the device not configured.  Tried
> it with fdformat -f 1440 /dev/fd0, and got "device not configured".

Hmmm.    Have you checked dmesg to make sure the system even sees it?

> cd /dev
> ls -l *fd0*  yeilds a lot of files.  Guess I'll try the rm *fd0*, then
> the ./MAKEDEV fd0 to see if it'll fix things.

Well, if it has a fd0c and rfd0c then it should be good.
But, I have had to do that for some other devices that looked
like they were there - but not for a floppy drive that I remember.
So, ......

Good luck.   

////jerry

> 
> thanks
> Darryl 
>