From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263742AbTJCOzr (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Oct 2003 10:55:47 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263741AbTJCOzr (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Oct 2003 10:55:47 -0400 Received: from mailhost.cs.auc.dk ([130.225.194.6]:37614 "EHLO mailhost.cs.auc.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263742AbTJCOzo (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Oct 2003 10:55:44 -0400 Subject: Re: Floppy disk working constantly From: Emmanuel Fleury To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: References: <1065186072.6517.44.camel@rade7.s.cs.auc.dk> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Aalborg University -- Computer Science Dept. Message-Id: <1065192909.551.5.camel@rade7.s.cs.auc.dk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2003 16:55:12 +0200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 2003-10-03 at 15:14, Richard B. Johnson wrote: > > What are you using as a boot loader? LILO. > This may be a problem with > the boot loader not turning off the floppy drive motor before > it transfers control to Linux. With no built-in floppy driver, > the motor would never turn off. With quick boot hard-disks, > the floppy motor may still be ON from the initial BIOS access. > > Just for kicks, change the order of boot devices in your > BIOS so that the floppy is never accessed during boot. This > should verify the problem. That's it ! I try several time with and without the [boot floppy] option enabled in the BIOS. Each time the [boot floppy] option was on, I got the floppy driver to spin on endlessly. Regards -- Emmanuel There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want. -- Calvin & Hobbes (Bill Waterson)