2.1.38 Floppy Fails

John Wyszynski (wyszynsk@clark.net)
Sat, 17 May 1997 23:50:28 -0400


When I attempt to access the floppy drive, I get the following:
tar: Cannot open /dev/fd0: No such device or address
and the following message appears in /var/log/messages:
May 17 23:44:33 enterprise kernel: floppy0: Unable to allocate DMA memory

Config: 2.1.38 on on Dual Pentiums

John