FC1 on Sony Vaio (Post) install problem 1
Anthony Joseph Seward
anthony.seward at ieee.org
Mon Jun 7 17:57:07 UTC 2004
On FC1 add
alias floppy off
to /etc/modules.conf.
On FC2 add
install floppy /bin/true
to /etc/modprobe.conf.
ajs
On Mon, 2004-06-07 at 15:48 +0100, Timothy Murphy wrote:
> Gary Stainburn wrote:
>
> > This laptop does not have a floppy drive. When booting, when FC1 gets to
> > the
> > 'checking for new hardware' stage it generates error messages while
> > trying to insmod floppy.o.
>
> 4 very low-level suggestions from a non-guru.
>
> (1) Is there a floppy entry in /etc/fstab ?
> If so delete it.
>
> (2) Go to /lib/modules/<version>/drivers/block/
> and delete or rename floppy.o .
>
> (3) Turn off kudzu
> service kudzu off
>
> (4) Find which init program does this:
> cd /etc/rc.d/init.d
> grep -r floppy .
> If you find the culprit, comment out the command.
>
> --
> Timothy Murphy
> e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie
> tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366
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>
>
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