http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=5428
------- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2003-10-09 19:57 ------- LM9.2rc2 has the same cryptic device naming convention. How is a newbie supposed to know that /dev/fd0 == FLOPPY drive ? -- Configure bugmail: http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is. ------- Reminder: ------- assigned_to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] status: UNCONFIRMED creation_date: description: I installed from a CD on a system with a single hard drive (linux only). In the step where the bootloader is installed, The boot device list included a "/dev/fd0" which I assumed to be a floppy disk. I put a writable floppy disk into the floppy drive and pressed ok. It showed the floppy disk being accessed. So I thought the boot floppy has been created. After the install was complete, I tried to boot from the floppy but it did not boot from it !! In fact, the system went straight to the text LILO menu (presumably read from the hard drive) where I tried to select the option for booting from floppy but that failed too and it simply returned to the lilo screen. Several questions can be raised: 1) What does the boot device "/dev/fd0" mean to a newbie ? It would be better if instead its written as "floppy (/dev/fd0)". 2) Why does boot floppy creation fail ? Currently, its impossible to create a boot floppy at install time.
