Re: USB Floppy Support in Kernal 2.2.16-3k

[Antony Stace <antony@example.com>]

Hi 

There is actually usb support some devices, but not floppy...

[antony@example.com usb]$ ls /lib/modules/2.2.16-3k/ 
total 88
   4 block/     4 fs/       8 misc/           4 net/        4 scsi/
   4 cdrom/     4 ipv4/    48 modules.dep     4 pcmcia/     4 usb/
[antony@example.com usb]$ ls /lib/modules/2.2.16-3k/usb
total 512
  12 acm.o        32 ibmcam.o      12 pegasus.o     60 usb-serial.o
  44 audio.o       8 input.o        8 plusb.o       16 usb-storage.o
  40 dabusb.o      8 joydev.o       8 printer.o     28 usb-uhci.o
   8 dc2xx.o       4 keybdev.o      8 rio500.o      68 usbcore.o
   8 dsbr100.o    12 mdc800.o       8 scanner.o      8 wacom.o
   8 evdev.o       8 mousedev.o    28 uhci.o         4 wmforce.o
  16 hid.o        32 ov511.o       16 usb-ohci.o
[antony@example.com usb]$ 

Is there anyway to compile the module for just the floopy?

Cheers

Tony



Antony Stace wrote:
> 
> Hi Folks
> 
> I am running Kondara 1.2 Linux, it says it has kernal 2.2.16-3k.  I am
> lead to believe that there is no USB support for floppy drives with this
> version of the kernal, is this correct?  If this is wrong and it does in
> fact support USB floppy drives how can I make my box recognize my floppy
> ?
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Tony
> 
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