20.05.2011 21:34, Mark Plowman пишет: > > So... > > Is the problem in the "automatically detecting" the floppy? Yes, it looks like kernel doesn't detect that system has PnP floppy controller - so it doesn't appear in /sys/devices and kernel module isn't loaded. > This old Pentium MMX box is old and obscure enough to have all sorts > of BIOS/firmware bugs. See (amongst others): > > [ 0.000000] DMI not present or invalid. > > But the old kernel was seeing it and the new one isn't. > > Module autoprobing was added in 4.0 branch; earlier modules were loaded unconditionally :) > Is the right question to ask now: > > How do I force a 'modprobe floppy' at boot time? > > or should I be asking a different question? > In initrd stage - KMODULES kernel parameter, later on boot - /etc/modules.
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