Floppy Problem
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- Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 23:22:37 -0700
Newbie here. I have a problem I need to fix before I can go any
further:
Toshiba Satellite 4100XDVD, 128MB's Ram, Suse 9.3 Pro with all the
updates.
KDE version 3.4.0 Level "b"
Release 2.6.11.4-21.11-default (Is this the kernel?)
I installed it and, once I disabled the parallel port (where it would
lock up when doing the final configuration), the install went fine.
Modem and sound card are both detected.
The big problem (at this moment) is the floppy. It works (I used it to
run Partition Magic). It shows up in Konqueror (KDE GUI) and also in
Yast>Hardware>Hardware Information.
When I go to access it from Konqueror an error message comes up:
"The process for the media protocol died unexpectantly"
and it stops trying to mount /dev/fd0
This is with a working floppy in the drive and under normal (not Root)
access.
This is the information I got from Hardware Information:
UniqueID=sPPV.oZ89vuho4Y3
ParentID=rdCR.3wRL2_g4d2B
HWClass=floppy
Model=Floppy Disk
Configured=yes
Available=yes
Needed=no
Active=unknown
Bus=0x83
BaseClass=0x106
SubClass=0x3
UnixDevice=/dev/fd0
UnixDeviceList=/dev/fd0
HWClassList=00000001000001
Res.Size=1,350,0
Res.Size=3,2880,512
Res.DiskGeometry=80,2,18,1
UniqueID=rdCR.3wRL2_g4d2B
ChildIDs=sPPV.oZ89vuho4Y3
HWClass=storage
Model=Floppy disk controller
Configured=no
Available=yes
Needed=no
Active=unknown
BaseClass=0x1
SubClass=0x2
HWClassList=00000100000000
01: None 00.0: 0102 Floppy disk controller
[Created at floppy.111]
Unique ID: rdCR.3wRL2_g4d2B
Hardware Class: storage
Model: "Floppy disk controller"
I/O Ports: 0x3f2-0x3f5 (rw)
DMA: 2
IRQ: 6 (37 events)
I/O Port: 0x3f7 (rw)
Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
02: Floppy 00.0: 10603 Floppy Disk
[Created at floppy.119]
Unique ID: sPPV.oZ89vuho4Y3
Parent ID: rdCR.3wRL2_g4d2B
Hardware Class: floppy
Model: "Floppy Disk"
Device File: /dev/fd0
Size: 3.5 ''
Size: 2880 sectors a 512 bytes
Geometry (Logical): CHS 80/2/18
Config Status: cfg=yes, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
Attached to: #1 (Floppy disk controller)
It *looks* like it's telling me the floppy controller is not
configured.
Does anyone have any suggestions on what to do now? It would be most
appreciated.
The strange (at least to me) part is that if I run the Suse 9.0 Live
CD it works fine..
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