From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264966AbTLMNHc (ORCPT ); Sat, 13 Dec 2003 08:07:32 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264981AbTLMNHc (ORCPT ); Sat, 13 Dec 2003 08:07:32 -0500 Received: from hermine.idb.hist.no ([158.38.50.15]:53265 "HELO hermine.idb.hist.no") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S264966AbTLMNHa (ORCPT ); Sat, 13 Dec 2003 08:07:30 -0500 Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 14:18:36 +0100 To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?M=E5ns_Rullg=E5rd?= Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: PROBLEM: floppy motor spins when floppy module not installed Message-ID: <20031213131836.GB11073@hh.idb.hist.no> References: <16345.51504.583427.499297@l.a> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i From: Helge Hafting Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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. Helge Hafting