i have a smiliar problems too. I have both a 3.5" and a 5.1/4" floppy drive and i know both works but for some reason if i have floppy2 (5.1/4") specified in /etc/fstab it hangs during the kde startup.
/MattB On Wed, 2002-02-06 at 09:28, J. Patrick Smith wrote: > Hello. > > The subject line is misleading. I did for several days assume that my drive > had been somehow damaged, but in the preparation of this message, I tried to > burn a CD again, and it actually worked. > > I recently downloaded 8.2beta1 for testing. > > Following installation, my system froze during the boot process when > supermount began accessing my drives. > > I am using a Toshiba Satellite 3005/S303 which has a modular bay in which I > can have either the DVD/CDRW combo drive installed or the Floppy drive. > Naturally, I booted with the DVD/CDRW installed. > > There needs to either be a workaround to prevent supermount from locking up > if the floppy drive is not actually present or an errata to indicate that > supermount needs to boot with the floppy drive installed. > > Has anyone else met the same situation? or similar? >
