HOWTO Remove hardware modules from being loaded during boot???

[Anthony Joseph Seward]

echo 'install floppy /bin/true' >> /etc/modprobe.conf

On Tue, 2004-04-27 at 15:36 -0700, David Kramer wrote:

> I've just installed Fedora Core 2 on a Compaq x1000 laptop,
> unfortunately it does not contain floppy drive, but yet my boot up
> process is trying to load the floppy.ko module.  Some times I get a
> FATAL ERROR on boot up and it hangs, other times I get the error but
> yet it is able to punch through it and startup.  I dont have a clue
> how to remove this hardware from being attempted to be loaded.  Any
> insight or reference to docs online would be greatly appreciated, I
> have searched all over the web but most sites I find talk about the
> hardware manager removing the non-existsant hardware?????
>          
>         Thanks,
>         
>           David
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