Re: [PATCH] 2.5.14 IDE 56

[Alan Cox]

> int i, type, major=0, minor=0;
> for(i=0; i<26; i++) {
>     snprintf(device_string, sizeof(device_string), "/dev/hd%c", 'a'+i);
>     if ((fd=open(device_string, O_RDONLY | O_NONBLOCK)) < 0) {
> 	continue;
>     }

If it opened is it there. Suppose its an IDE floppy and no media is 
present. Maybe its hiding in ide-scsi instead.  It ends up being detective
work. The /device set up makes it explicit and clean