2.4.0 config breaks /dev/fd0* major/minor ?

2.4.0 config breaks /dev/fd0* major/minor ?

[Jeffrey Rose]

Greetings hard working coders,

I recently installed 2.4.0 on a RH 7 box, replacing the stock RH
kernel-hack that came with the CD distro.

All is well, however, I get a wrong major/minor reported when attempting
to mount /dev/fd0 ... I have tried all the fd0* related to a 1.44 disk
in /dev with same message. The default major,minor for my /dev/fd0 is
2,0 (worked before upgrade).

I apologize in advance for submitting his to the kernel list, but if
anyone has a moment to step away from chronic
kernel-hacking-frustration-syndrom ... I would appreciate I tip as to
what and how I may have broken something in my 2.4.0 config and how to
regain access to my floppy drive.

Sincerely thankful,

Jeff
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Re: 2.4.0 config breaks /dev/fd0* major/minor ?

[Jeff Garzik]

Jeffrey Rose wrote:
> I get a wrong major/minor reported when attempting
> to mount /dev/fd0 ... 

Sounds like it can't find the floppy driver, for whatever reason...

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Re: 2.4.0 config breaks /dev/fd0* major/minor ?

[Christian Gennerat]

Jeff Garzik a écrit :

> Jeffrey Rose wrote:
> > I get a wrong major/minor reported when attempting
> > to mount /dev/fd0 ...
>
> Sounds like it can't find the floppy driver, for whatever reason...
>

I have seen this message, new with 2.4.0-2mdk
(before I have 2.4.0-0.15mdk)
but only on one PC.
I have 2 PC, with same hardware, same PCMCIA config
The first have mandrake 7.2 Odissey, and the modules
floppy and floppy_cs are loaded, and /mnt/floppy is mounted
The second have mandrake 7.1 Helium, and the modules
fail during init. and I have this message:
'mount: /dev/fd0 has wrong major or minor number'

Problem of compatibility of some library?

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Re: 2.4.0 config breaks /dev/fd0* major/minor ?

[Christian Gennerat]

Jeff Garzik a écrit :

> Jeffrey Rose wrote:
> > I get a wrong major/minor reported when attempting
> > to mount /dev/fd0 ...
>
> Sounds like it can't find the floppy driver, for whatever reason...
>

I have seen this message, new with 2.4.0-2mdk
(before I have 2.4.0-0.15mdk)
but only on one PC.
I have 2 PC, with same hardware, same PCMCIA config

The first have mandrake 7.2 Odissey, and the modules
floppy and floppy_cs are loaded, and /mnt/floppy is mounted
modutils-2.4.1-1mdk

The second have mandrake 7.1 Helium, and the modules
fail during init. and I have this message:
'mount: /dev/fd0 has wrong major or minor number'
modutils-2.3.21-2mdk (the last rpm-3)


Problem of compatibility of some library?
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Re: 2.4.0 config breaks /dev/fd0* major/minor ?

[Jeffrey Rose]

Christian Gennerat wrote:
> 
> Jeff Garzik a écrit :
> 
> > Jeffrey Rose wrote:
> > > I get a wrong major/minor reported when attempting
> > > to mount /dev/fd0 ...
> >
> > Sounds like it can't find the floppy driver, for whatever reason...
> >
> 
> I have seen this message, new with 2.4.0-2mdk
> (before I have 2.4.0-0.15mdk)
> but only on one PC.
> I have 2 PC, with same hardware, same PCMCIA config
> The first have mandrake 7.2 Odissey, and the modules
> floppy and floppy_cs are loaded, and /mnt/floppy is mounted
> The second have mandrake 7.1 Helium, and the modules
> fail during init. and I have this message:
> 'mount: /dev/fd0 has wrong major or minor number'
> 
> Problem of compatibility of some library?

Still checking ...

I also want to mention that the physical drive light *does* indicate
partial success at some level of access, but mounting fails due to the
major/minor problem. I am trying to determine if this is a kernel-CONFIG
or a kernel-SPECIFIC problem I have encountered with this 2.4.0 upgrade.

Jeff
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Re: 2.4.0 config breaks /dev/fd0* major/minor ? Fixed

[Christian Gennerat]

Jeff Garzik a écrit :

> Jeffrey Rose wrote:
> > I get a wrong major/minor reported when attempting
> > to mount /dev/fd0 ...
>
> Sounds like it can't find the floppy driver, for whatever reason...
>

I have seen this message, new with 2.4.0-2mdk
(before I have 2.4.0-0.15mdk)
but only on one PC.
I have 2 PC, with same hardware, same PCMCIA config

The first have mandrake 7.2 Odissey, and the modules
floppy and floppy_cs are loaded, and /mnt/floppy is mounted
modutils-2.4.1-1mdk

The second have mandrake 7.1 Helium, and the modules
fail during init. and I have this message:
'mount: /dev/fd0 has wrong major or minor number'
modutils-2.3.21-2mdk (the last rpm-3)

I have copied the files of modutils-2.4.1-1mdk, 
and created 2 sym.links:
# ls -l /lib/modules/2.4.0-2mdk/pcmcia/
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           29 jan 10 22:09 ds.o -> ../kernel/drivers/pcmcia/ds.o
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           32 jan 17 11:30 floppy.o -> ../kernel/drivers/block/floppy.o
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           35 jan 17 11:30 floppy_cs.o -> ../kernel/drivers/block/floppy_cs.o
and now, it works!
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Re: 2.4.0 config breaks /dev/fd0* major/minor ? *not* Fixed

[Jeffrey Rose]

Christian Gennerat wrote:
> 
> Jeff Garzik a écrit :
> 
> > Jeffrey Rose wrote:
> > > I get a wrong major/minor reported when attempting
> > > to mount /dev/fd0 ...
> >
> > Sounds like it can't find the floppy driver, for whatever reason...
> >
> 
> I have seen this message, new with 2.4.0-2mdk
> (before I have 2.4.0-0.15mdk)
> but only on one PC.
> I have 2 PC, with same hardware, same PCMCIA config
> 
> The first have mandrake 7.2 Odissey, and the modules
> floppy and floppy_cs are loaded, and /mnt/floppy is mounted
> modutils-2.4.1-1mdk
> 
> The second have mandrake 7.1 Helium, and the modules
> fail during init. and I have this message:
> 'mount: /dev/fd0 has wrong major or minor number'
> modutils-2.3.21-2mdk (the last rpm-3)
> 
> I have copied the files of modutils-2.4.1-1mdk,
> and created 2 sym.links:
> # ls -l /lib/modules/2.4.0-2mdk/pcmcia/
> total 0
> lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           29 jan 10 22:09 ds.o -> ../kernel/drivers/pcmcia/ds.o
> lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           32 jan 17 11:30 floppy.o -> ../kernel/drivers/block/floppy.o
> lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           35 jan 17 11:30 floppy_cs.o -> ../kernel/drivers/block/floppy_cs.o
> and now, it works!

I am not using pcmcia, as this is a desktop with ISDN (Fritz! PCI ISDN
card), but I only get more verbose error messages with the
/dev/fd0CompaQ :

#> mount /dev/fd0CompaQ /mnt/floppy
#> floppy0: sector not found: track 0, head 0, sector 3, size 2
#> floppy0: sector not found: track 0, head 0, sector 3, size 2 
#> end_request: I/O error, dev 02:04 (floppy), sector 2
#> /dev/fd0CompaQ: Input/output error
#> mount: /dev/fd0CompaQ has wrong major or minor number

I will attempt a recompile with floppy as a module (as RH 2.2.16-22 did
... /lib/modules/2.2.16-22/block/ide-floppy.o), and see if
'ide-floppy.o' and the new 2.4.1 modutils will help resolve this problem
(unless my sad Compaq Presario 5000 BIOS IRQ setup is to blame :-(

Cheers,

Jeff
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