<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1479" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=078353112-23032006>Hello, I fixed my problem. When I added a floppy drive to my system</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=078353112-23032006>it showed up in the boot order (even thought I did not want to boot from it)</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=078353112-23032006>so I figured the system saw the floppy drive but once I saw RedHat asking me for </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=078353112-23032006>/dev/hdd for my driver disk I looked at the Floppy Controller in the BIOS and it</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=078353112-23032006>was DISABLED! Since it was disabled, RedHat did not see a floppy so it </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=078353112-23032006>must have defaulted to /dev/hdd. I enabled the floppy controller and now everything</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=078353112-23032006>works as expected.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=078353112-23032006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=078353112-23032006>Thanks for everyone's response.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=078353112-23032006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=078353112-23032006> - Todd</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> redhat-install-list-bounces@redhat.com [mailto:redhat-install-list-bounces@redhat.com]<B>On Behalf Of </B>DUARDITO<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, March 22, 2006 6:27 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Getting started with Red Hat Linux<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Loading Driver Disk from /dev/hdd??<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>I had same problem with this option, I still don´t know how to solve it.<BR><BR> <DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>2006/3/22, Rick Stevens <<A href="mailto:rstevens@vitalstream.com">rstevens@vitalstream.com</A>>:</SPAN> <BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">On Wed, 2006-03-22 at 10:32 -0600, Harrington, Todd wrote:<BR>> Hi,<BR>><BR>> I have an Intel Server (Jarrell) with onboard SATA RAID (configured as a mirror), along with a PC floppy and IDE CD-ROM. When I install RedHat Enterprise Linux v3 from CD I choose "linux dd" at the "boot:" prompt. When it prompts me "Do you have a driver disk?" (for my onboard SATA RAID) I answer YES and it says loading driver from "/dev/hdd"??? Why is trying to load from /dev/hdd? I want it to load from /dev/fd0. I have never seen this. <BR><BR>Please wrap your lines at 72 characters. Single line messages are very<BR>difficult to read.<BR><BR>Are you certain it was trying to read /dev/hdd? Did the floppy light<BR>come on? Are you certain the message wasn't "loading driver <BR>FOR /dev/hdd"?<BR><BR>----------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>- Rick Stevens, Senior Systems Engineer <A href="mailto:rstevens@vitalstream.com">rstevens@vitalstream.com</A> - <BR>- VitalStream, Inc. <A href="http://www.vitalstream.com">http://www.vitalstream.com</A> -<BR>- -<BR>- Overweight: When you step on your dog's tail...and it dies. - <BR>----------------------------------------------------------------------<BR><SPAN class=078353112-23032006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2> </FONT></SPAN><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Redhat-install-list mailing list<BR><A href="mailto:Redhat-install-list@redhat.com">Redhat-install-list@redhat.com </A><BR><A href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-install-list">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-install-list</A><BR>To Unsubscribe Go To ABOVE URL or send a message to:<BR><A href="mailto:redhat-install-list-request@redhat.com">redhat-install-list-request@redhat.com</A><BR>Subject: unsubscribe<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>