floppy module not loaded

[John Yates]

Binary package hint: udev

I have to modprobe to mount a floppy.

lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu intrepid (development branch)
Release: 8.10

kernel 2.6.27-5-generic

udev_124-5_i386.deb

[Scott James Remnant (Canonical) (canonical-scott)]

The floppy module contains no information about when it should be loaded, and arguably should just be compiled into the kernel - add it to /etc/modules

[John Yates (andyfranyates)]

That's easy enough to do, but who/why was this changed and will average user know how to do this ?

[Scott James Remnant (Canonical) (canonical-scott)]

I do not believe this has ever been changed.

[John Yates (andyfranyates)]

Well, something has changed on my end because I do not have to do this in Hardy.

[Michael B. Trausch (mtrausch)]

  status confirmed
  affects ubuntu/module-init-tools
  affects ubuntu/udev
  affects ubuntu/linux-meta
  done

Hardy loaded the floppy driver automatically. Upon upgrading (well,
installing a new Intrepid system from the amd64 DVD ISO), I am no longer
able to mount my floppy or use mtools on it without first running
"modprobe floppy". So, something _HAS_ indeed changed, and it needs to
be fixed; regular users who have no knowledge of Linux kernel modules
will not be able to use their floppy drives. Of the types of computer
users I know, there are still several that use floppy disks for various
purposes because that's what they know. This change effectively makes
it impossible for people to use their built-in floppy drives, and I
can't upgrade anyone in my family to Intrepid without being there to
modify configuration files for them (they can't even punch a hole in a
firewall, and I live 800 miles away).

[Michael B. Trausch (mtrausch)]

  affects ubuntu/module-init-tools
  affects ubuntu/udev
  affects ubuntu/linux-meta
  duplicate 255651
  done

A little bit of further digging shows that this is already triaged as
bug 255651, so marking this as a duplicate of bug 255651.