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No floppy drive in Ubuntu 8.10

Asked by Pete

   I recently installed Ubuntu 8.10 from a purchased CD but have not been able to find the floppy drive (a:\ in Windows). The PC is IBM, Pentium III. How do I get the floppy drive working?
   Thx.

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Best Claudio Arseni (claudio.arseni) said : 		#1

In terminal (Applications > Accessories > Terminal) type sudo modprobe floppy

To avoid giving the command every time you restart your PC, insert the module by:

sudo gedit /etc/modules

insert in list:
floppy

Hope this helps.
Regard Cl@ude

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Pete (peter-b-shaw) said : 		#2

   This worked in that I can now use the floppy drive. Thx. The second part (so I don't have to enter the line in each time) is not working. Doesn't recognize the command or something. Any idea of what I might be doing wrong?

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Claudio Arseni (claudio.arseni) said : 		#3

what it says when you type the command?

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Pete (peter-b-shaw) said : 		#4

    After typing the line I get "command not found".
    Thanks for the help.

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Claudio Arseni (claudio.arseni) said : 		#5

Are you on ubuntu, kubuntu or other?

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Pete (peter-b-shaw) said : 		#6

    I'm on Ubuntu but don't spend too much time on this. I appreciate the help you've already given.
    Thx.

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Steve (stupendoussteve-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#7

You can use nano instead to edit the modules file...

sudo nano /etc/modules, at which point you should be able to add in the floppy driver.

To quit and save, hit Ctrl X, and then Y when it asks if you want to save.