On Thu, 23 Mar 2000, Michael Barker wrote:
> I have install Mandrake 7 on a Dell laptop. It installed okay, however it
> seems to have problems when the floppy drive is not attached. It seems to
> think that the device is there when it boots. This causes problems with
> some applications (eg. gtop and rpm). It will report device timeout errors
> while trying to run these programs also it some times locks up while
> shutting down (also report the same timeout errors). Is there an option I
> can set that lets the system know that no floppy is installed (other than
> recompling the kernel)?
blind-guessing: have you installed with supermount enabled? it
seems to do nasty things alike. if so, try disabling it. (dunno how to, I
never installed it :)
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