From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265078AbTLMQmW (ORCPT ); Sat, 13 Dec 2003 11:42:22 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265143AbTLMQmV (ORCPT ); Sat, 13 Dec 2003 11:42:21 -0500 Received: from [64.65.189.210] ([64.65.189.210]:50342 "EHLO mail.pacrimopen.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265078AbTLMQmU (ORCPT ); Sat, 13 Dec 2003 11:42:20 -0500 Subject: Re: PROBLEM: floppy motor spins when floppy module not installed From: Joshua Schmidlkofer To: Helge Hafting Cc: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?M=E5ns_Rullg=E5rd?= , Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <20031213131836.GB11073@hh.idb.hist.no> References: <16345.51504.583427.499297@l.a> <20031213131836.GB11073@hh.idb.hist.no> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Message-Id: <1071333725.16407.22.camel@menion.home> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 08:42:05 -0800 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, 2003-12-13 at 05:18, Helge Hafting wrote: > On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 03:18:03PM +0100, Måns Rullgård wrote: > > Dale Mellor writes: > > > > > 1. Floppy motor spins when floppy module not installed. > > > > It's a known problem. Some broken BIOSes don't turn off the motor > > after probing for a disk. One solution is to change the boot priority > > in the BIOS settings so the hard disk is tried before floppy. If you > > ever need to boot from a floppy, you can change it back. > > > The kernel stops the spinning floppy _if_ you gives it a driver > for the floppy hardware. > > This is not a problem at all, considering that linux comes > with such a driver. > > Compile it in, or arranger for the module to be loaded at > boot time. You may of course arrange to unload it a little > later if you want to save the memory. This seems like the correct solution to me. -- VB programmers ask why no one takes them seriously, it's somewhat akin to a McDonalds manager asking employees why they don't take their 'career' seriously.