Andrew, On Fri, 20 May 2011 21:53:15 +0300, Andrew <ni...@seti.kr.ua> wrote:
> 20.05.2011 21:34, Mark Plowman пишет: > > > > So... > > > > Is the problem in the "automatically detecting" the floppy? > > Yes, it looks like kernel doesn't detect that system has PnP floppy > controller - so it doesn't appear in /sys/devices and kernel module > isn't loaded. > > > > This old Pentium MMX box is old and obscure enough to have all sorts > > of BIOS/firmware bugs. See (amongst others): > > > > [ 0.000000] DMI not present or invalid. > > > > But the old kernel was seeing it and the new one isn't. > > Module autoprobing was added in 4.0 branch; earlier modules were loaded > unconditionally :) > > > > Is the right question to ask now: > > > > How do I force a 'modprobe floppy' at boot time? > > > > or should I be asking a different question? > > In initrd stage - KMODULES kernel parameter, later on boot - /etc/modules. Remastered a CD with a "KMODULES=floppy" added to the end of the "APPEND" line in the isolix/isolinux.cfg and now making progress! Thanks to you all! Greetings Mark -- If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas. -- George Bernard Shaw Do *not* use the following address, it's just a "spam trap": aaro...@plowman.nl ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ What Every C/C++ and Fortran developer Should Know! Read this article and learn how Intel has extended the reach of its next-generation tools to help Windows* and Linux* C/C++ and Fortran developers boost performance applications - including clusters. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmay ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: leaf-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user Support Request -- http://leaf-project.org/
