Floppy Drive Gone

[taharka]

Steve Croteau wrote:

>Greetings,
>
>I was just minding my own business the other day when I decided to write a 
>file to my floppy drive using FC3.  Much to my surprise the icon I always 
>found under "computer" was gone.  Looked in /etc/fstab and found no 
>reference.  I had just used it 2 weeks ago.  Could an update have removed it 
>for some reason?  The same thing happened to my other FC3 box.  What is the 
>exact entry I need to put this back into /etc/fstab? 
>
>Thanks,
>Steve
>
>  
>
Yes, same issue here on fc3 :-( I found the culprit to be the Jul 15th 
kernel 2.6.12-1.1372_FC3 update. Surprisingly, it's not an selinux 
issue, as rebooting with selinux disabled, makes no difference. 
Reverting back to the previous kernel, kernel 2.6.11-1.35_FC3, corrected 
the problem for me. BTW, notice below, the size difference between these 
two kernels. Almost 11Mb!!

Name        : kernel                       Relocations: (not relocatable)
Version     : 2.6.11                            Vendor: Red Hat, Inc.
Release     : 1.35_FC3                      Build Date: Mon 13 Jun 2005 
01:47:10 AM EDT
Install Date: Fri 24 Jun 2005 01:43:31 AM EDT      Build Host: 
bugs.build.redhat.com
Group       : System Environment/Kernel     Source RPM: 
kernel-2.6.11-1.35_FC3.src.rpm
Size        : 49045635                         License: GPLv2
Signature   : DSA/SHA1, Thu 23 Jun 2005 11:17:08 PM EDT, Key ID 
b44269d04f2a6fd2
Packager    : Red Hat, Inc. <http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla>
Summary     : The Linux kernel (the core of the Linux operating system).
Description :
The kernel package contains the Linux kernel (vmlinuz), the core of
the Red Hat Linux operating system. The kernel handles the basic
functions of the operating system: memory allocation, process
allocation, device input and output, etc.


Name        : kernel                       Relocations: (not relocatable)
Version     : 2.6.12                            Vendor: Red Hat, Inc.
Release     : 1.1372_FC3                    Build Date: Fri 15 Jul 2005 
02:03:29 AM EDT
Install Date: Fri 15 Jul 2005 06:19:48 PM EDT      Build Host: 
tweety.build.redhat.com
Group       : System Environment/Kernel     Source RPM: 
kernel-2.6.12-1.1372_FC3.src.rpm
Size        : 38112195                         License: GPLv2
Signature   : DSA/SHA1, Fri 15 Jul 2005 12:40:56 PM EDT, Key ID 
b44269d04f2a6fd2
Packager    : Red Hat, Inc. <http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla>
Summary     : The Linux kernel (the core of the Linux operating system).
Description :
The kernel package contains the Linux kernel (vmlinuz), the core of
the Red Hat Linux operating system. The kernel handles the basic
functions of the operating system: memory allocation, process
allocation, device input and output, etc.

taharka

Lexington, Kentucky U.S.A.