-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Actually, that you are reading that string from /proc indicates that your ide-floppy driver is already loaded. Joshua b. Jore Minneapolis Ward 3, precinct 10 http://www.greentechnologist.org On Fri, 9 Nov 2001, Carl & Paula Zeilon wrote: > Thanks, cat /proc/ide/drivers did produce "ide-floppy version .97" along > with other ide drivers that are working just fine. For example, my IDE > CDRW is assigned to sd0 & operates just fine (I assume it uses the ide-scsi > driver). Where do I go from here? I sure appreciate all the help. > > At 08:27 PM 11/8/2001, you wrote: > >Carl Zeilon <cznews at att.net> wrote: > > > > > > I'm running Mandrake 8.1. There are only 4 *.o.gz files in > > > /lib/modules/2.4.8-26mdk/kernel/drivers/ide (ataraid, hptraid, > > > ide-tape, & pdcraid) modprobe ide-floppy returns "can't locate module > > > ide-floppy" Kudzu is a program that is supposed to detect changes in > > > hardware & then configure it for you. It works great for my SCSI 7 disk > > > changer that I only use so often. I remember someone raving about how > > > well 8.1 mounted/unmounted removable drives. Please help > > > >Well, it might be compiled into the kernel, or otherwise pre-loaded. `cat > >/proc/ide/drivers' to find out. You might find other interesting stuff in > >the /proc/ide hierarchy.. > > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (OpenBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE77EuAfexLsowstzcRAiTcAKDcQ9zD8Ct5w7v26v11854Iw7PX+gCgsSQt 0PvhITBmOf3tSQ/cUpzqymo= =9tsL -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----