Gregory, I found this in the errata of Mandrake 8.1:
Error scenario: The floppy drive is not accessible for use. Why: The PNP_BIOS does not initalize the floppy controller like the BIOS. Because of this, you may have difficulty access the drive with applications like mount or dd, and will receive errors such as "/dev/fd0: No such device or address" or "Input/output error". Solution: Boot your kernel with the "nobiospnp" option specified at the boot command line. I guess it could be a solution, but I haven't found the time to try it yet. The same problem appears on my machine under Mandrake 8.1, RedHat7.2 and Debian 2.2.r5 Lorenzo ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregory Hosler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Lorenzo Sandini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 3:20 AM Subject: RE: cannot make boot floppy > > On 24-Jan-02 Lorenzo Sandini wrote: > > Well I thought my RH7.2 wouldn't install because I couldn't configure it, > > but it seems I have an hardware issue here. > > > > I am doing a plain KDE workstation install on a pentium 3 computer, empty > > hard drive, and all is fine until the step where I make a boot floppy. I > > just get an error "couldn't create boot floppy", so I skip this step and end > > up with a unusable RH. Seems like GRUB and LILO won't install on my MBR > > either. > > > > I tried Mandrake 8.1 and exactly the same problem regarding the floppy, > > while LILO is installed correctly to the MBR and I boot correctly. > > > > Finally I tried Debian 2.2.5r and bam, same thing, it won't create the boot > > floppy, but LILO is installed correctly like in Mandrake. > > > > Any idea ? > > > > I have just one floppy drive, and the other is disabled in the BIOS. > > everything works fine under windows. > > just because windows does not report an error does not mean that it correctly > was able to write a floppy. I have seen instances of bad media, or drive gone > bad, that windows would blindly not issue error messages, while linux would. > > This sounds alot like you have either bad media, or a bad drive. You might try > verifying that the media you are using is good, and/or the drive is good, just > to eliminate those 2 items from the equation. > > -Greg > > > Lorenzo > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Redhat-list mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > ---------------------------------- > E-Mail: Gregory Hosler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 24-Jan-02 > Time: 09:09:41 > > If each of us have one object, and we exchange them, > then each of us still has one object. > If each of us have one idea, and we exchange them, > then each of us now has two ideas. > > ---------------------------------- > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
