Not in this .config file, what this means, not possible to mount floppy?

well, if it's not there you can rebuild your kernel with floppy support.

Markus

Can you direct me to how to do this?

mh, it depends a little on the distribution, we at Slackware have a very good tutorial from AlienBob http://alien.slackbook.org/dokuwiki/...kernelbuilding

With many distributions you'll have to install the kernelsources before you can build a new kernel.

I use to build my kernel as a normal user in my homedirectory and afterwards install it as root. In short: copy the kernelsources to your home-directory (or load it down from kernel.org).

copy the .config file into the source-directory, then executeafterwards execute there you go to "Device-Drivers"->"Block-Devices" and select the floppy-support. exit menuconfig with saving, then build the kernel For the installation please look into the manuals for your distribution.

Markus

are you sure that the kernel dose not support fat floppies
i am copping very old ( from win 95&98&xp ) 3.5's to dvd on SL6.1 32 bit and it has no problems once i run "modprobe floppy "

I posted the kernel's .config file, it seams like it is not, the "BLK_DEV_FD" id not there.

This I need while to digest, I am not a programmer, but I will give the try after I understood better the steps involved.
Question very important! What happens if the kernel gets update?
Thank you so much to stick with me.
Vinny

you'll have to rebuild the kernel after your distribution updated the kernel. This will not be a problem because you can keep your old .config (running only make oldconfig for the configuration and then build ther kernel).
you're welcome

Markus

By this time I think I'd have tried DSL or Puppy live cd to get that data off the floppy.