Floppy disk not detected

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Hi All,

I successfully installed 6.2.1 on a Dell Inspiron 8500. However, the floppy
disk drive is not detected (there is no /dev/fd0).

The floppy drive is contained in a pluggable module, which fits into a
socket in the laptop that can also accept a spare battery, or a CD drive. If
I replace the floppy module with the CD module, the CD module is detected
and works fine.

Can anyone advise how I can enable QNX to see the floppy drive module?

Thanks.

–
Neil

Neil Carter Psychology Department
IT Technician University of Wales Swansea
Wales, United Kingdom

http://psy.swansea.ac.uk/staff/Carter/

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Neil Carter <pstech@swansea.ac.uk> wrote:

Hi All,

I successfully installed 6.2.1 on a Dell Inspiron 8500. However, the floppy
disk drive is not detected (there is no /dev/fd0).

The floppy drive is contained in a pluggable module, which fits into a
socket in the laptop that can also accept a spare battery, or a CD drive. If
I replace the floppy module with the CD module, the CD module is detected
and works fine.

Can anyone advise how I can enable QNX to see the floppy drive module?

You may have to manually run the floppy driver, devb-fdc, as I don’t
think it is run by default.

-David

QNX Training Services
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David Gibbs <dagibbs@qnx.com> wrote:

Neil Carter <> pstech@swansea.ac.uk> > wrote:
Hi All,

I successfully installed 6.2.1 on a Dell Inspiron 8500. However, the floppy
disk drive is not detected (there is no /dev/fd0).

The floppy drive is contained in a pluggable module, which fits into a
socket in the laptop that can also accept a spare battery, or a CD drive. If
I replace the floppy module with the CD module, the CD module is detected
and works fine.

Can anyone advise how I can enable QNX to see the floppy drive module?

You may have to manually run the floppy driver, devb-fdc, as I don’t
think it is run by default.

Since it finds the cd that you plug into that port, it could be that your floppy
is getting registered as a eide device and could appear as /dev/hd1.

Peter