Re: Linux Kernel Upwards-Compatibility Deficiencies

Khimenko Victor (khim@sch57.msk.ru)
Thu, 15 Jul 1999 14:18:40 +0400 (MSD)


In <AAViQZtGBI@khim.sch57.msk.ru> ghphpr@tesco.net (ghphpr@tesco.net) wrote:
> In <000b01bececc$a99950c0$c6408cd4@gtjh> GERALD HOOPER (ghphpr@tesco.net) wrote:
>> Hi Larry

>> I am not an expert in the internal of kernel device drivers but I need to contact someone who is and who can help me.

> Hardly needed. I honestly can not see problem with kernel device drivers in you
> report yet. MUCH MORE like just a bunch of "pilot errors". /dev/lp0 (NOT /dev/lp1
> anymore!) is not recognized since you do not have proper driver installed/tuned,
> vfat is not supported since you can not load vfat.o without fat.o, etc.
> Of course there are CAN BE driver problems -- it's really strange that partition
> check does not work for LS-120... It should...

Oops. Of course it SHOULD NOT ! IDE-Floppy support is not integrated in kernel
anymore in RedHat 6.0 so no partition check will occurs on boot up, of course.
So it's yet another "pilot error" ...

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