You can start with your /etc/fstab file. Comment out any lines with
floppy or fd0 in them. Then try your software that was causing the
problem.
Tom
> Michael Barker wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> 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)?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Michael Barker
> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
