Problem with FAI & Floppy

Thomas Lange lange at informatik.Uni-Koeln.DE
Thu Dec 16 14:26:40 CET 2004


>>>>> On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 15:04:44 +0100, "communication at oxyd.fr" <communication at oxyd.fr> said:

    > Dear FAI users,
    > I install many servers with PXE install on servers without CDROM & 
    > Floppy, and I have de fololowing problelm during installation:

    > end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00 (floppy), sector 0
    > end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00 (floppy), sector 2
    > end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00 (floppy), sector 5
    > end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00 (floppy), sector 7
    > end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00 (floppy), sector 0

Grub tries to detect or read something from the floppy, which is not
there.

Try to disable the floppy in the bios, or edit class/06hwdetect.source and do not
load the floppy kernel module. This should fix the problem.

-- 
regards Thomas



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