Bug 4745 - Installation fails on system without floppy drive
Summary: Installation fails on system without floppy drive
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 4696
Alias: None
Product: Mageia
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Installer (show other bugs)
Version: Cauldron
Hardware: x86_64 Linux
Priority: Normal critical
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Mageia Bug Squad
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Reported: 2012-02-29 12:06 CET by Herbert Poetzl
Modified: 2012-02-29 19:21 CET (History)
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Description Herbert Poetzl 2012-02-29 12:06:08 CET 
Description of problem:
When installing on a system where the floppy controller is enabled in the BIOS, but with no actual floppy drive connected, the installer will 'hang' after the license check and the log (ALT-F4) will repeat the following forever:

<3>Buffer I/O error on device fd0, logical block 0
<3>end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0
<3>Buffer I/O error on device fd0, logical block 0
<3>end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Mageia2 Beta1

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. make sure the floppy controller is enabled in the BIOS
2. make sure no floppy drive is attached
3. begin install from DVD
Comment 1 Manuel Hiebel 2012-02-29 19:21:12 CET 
We have one already one BR in fact

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 4696 ***

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => DUPLICATE
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