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 > s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland > >
