MAKEDEV - create devices

(http://linux.about.com/od/commands/l/blcmdl8_MAKEDEV.htm)


    MS-DOS Floppies
    ===============
(e.g. show only what will be done:  /sbin/MAKEDEV -n -v fd0H1440)
First:
do it: /sbin/MAKEDEV  fd0H1440
Second: 
Open a terminal and enter the following: 
gksu gedit /etc/modules
Add the line: 
floppy
Save the file and reboot Ubuntu

!!!!  does not work in UBUNTU 10.04, devices are removed after reboot !!!!
Fehlersuche:
    ls /dev
    sudo modprobe floppy

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1048932&page=5
I'm not sure what's wrong, but the error message you get from the first command about there being "No such device" is interesting. I googled and the best I could find was this old thread from the Gentoo forums where someone has the same error message.

The solution there (or at least part of it) was apparently to disable floppy ACPI support. You can do that on Ubuntu by editing the file /boot/grub/grub.conf and appending the line floppy=no_acpi to your kernel entries. If you don't know what that means and need more specific instructions, let me know.

After making the change, you'll need to reboot for it to take effect.


dmesg | grep floppy
modinfo floppy