Mounting a floppy with mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy doesn't work. I then tried mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy and it tells me there is no special device like this. I am using development sources 2.6.9-rc2 and although there is something listed under /dev/, a symlink to somewhere in /proc. There is no floppy in /proc/devices and I obviously can't mount it. It says there is no special device with this name and I tried /dev/fd0 and /dev/fd/0. I am using a Tyan S2882 motherboard. I also tried floppy=no_acpi on the kernel command line and but it doesn't help. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. It might be specific to a Tyan S2282 which uses Opteron processors. ACPI is turned on in the bios. 2. Install Gentoo from the livecd and download kernel 2.6.9-rc2 3. Floppy doesn't appear to be present in /proc/devices and can't be mounted 4. Tried floppy=no_acpi line for kernel, but no effect. Actual Results: Linux just complains; floppy is not usable. Expected Results: Recognize and mount the floppy It's not clear what ACPI has to do with this. Isn't that for dealing power and sleep?
We don't modify this kernel, please
We don't modify this kernel, please file a bug at http://bugzilla.kernel.org as this is an upstream issue. Thanks
floppy is actually a kernel option (Device Drivers -> Block Devices -> Normal Floppy Disk Support) that must be in compiled in or made as a module. Somehow, it wasn't turned on so kernel had no idea what a floppy is.
