See: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=565693
Computer without floppy drive are quite common. If the floppy controller is enable in BIOS (which is often the default configuration), anaconda hangs during the "Finding storage devices" stage.
I don't see this bug is a blocker for the release, probably should be.
Remi.
P.S. I don't think I'm a noob, but I have to search for this issue...
On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 08:27:10 +0200, Remi Collet Fedora@FamilleCollet.com wrote:
See: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=565693
Computer without floppy drive are quite common. If the floppy controller is enable in BIOS (which is often the default configuration), anaconda hangs during the "Finding storage devices" stage.
The short answer is that if you don't have a floppy drive installed, you should disble the controller in the bios.
The other side of this problem has also been reported. Not checking for a floppy results in people who actually have floppy drives, not being able to easily use them.
There have been discussions on both the anaconda and kernel lists on this topic. The latest is that Kyle McMartin thinks he has a way to take care of most of the cases by finding out if there is a drive actually installed using ACPI. This isn't in the Fedora kernel just yet, but hopefully will be for the F13 release.
On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 11:26:39AM -0500, Bruno Wolff III wrote:
On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 08:27:10 +0200, Remi Collet Fedora@FamilleCollet.com wrote:
See: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=565693
Computer without floppy drive are quite common. If the floppy controller is enable in BIOS (which is often the default configuration), anaconda hangs during the "Finding storage devices" stage.
The short answer is that if you don't have a floppy drive installed, you should disble the controller in the bios.
The other side of this problem has also been reported. Not checking for a floppy results in people who actually have floppy drives, not being able to easily use them.
There have been discussions on both the anaconda and kernel lists on this topic. The latest is that Kyle McMartin thinks he has a way to take care of most of the cases by finding out if there is a drive actually installed using ACPI. This isn't in the Fedora kernel just yet, but hopefully will be for the F13 release.
didn't DOS do it some 30 years ago without ACPI? It never took so long to detect a (nonexistent) drive in the old days.
Richard
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