Bernard,
could you try with the last trunk? I've added the SKIP_LOCAL_CFG option
(see the attached patch).
If SKIP_LOCAL_CFG=y is specified in the kernel boot parameters
(syslinux.cfg) the check to find the local.cfg in a floppy will be
skipped.
If I remember well there was also a problem with systemconfigurator,
but maybe this simple patch is enough to save some installation time...
Cheers,
-Andrea
Index: initrd_source/skel/etc/init.d/functions
===================================================================
--- initrd_source/skel/etc/init.d/functions (revision 3746)
+++ initrd_source/skel/etc/init.d/functions (revision 3747)
@@ -849,6 +849,11 @@
logmsg
logmsg read_local_cfg
+ if [ "x$SKIP_LOCAL_CFG" = "xy" ]; then
+ logmsg "skipping local.cfg: option SKIP_LOCAL_CFG=y has been specified"
+ return
+ fi
+
#
# BEGIN try hard drive
#
Bernard Li wrote:
> Hey Mark:
>
> Did you ever figure out this issue? I think I'm hitting it on these
> older Appro Opteron servers. They have no floppies but SystemImager
> essentially stalls for ~4-5 minutes doing the "I/O error, dev fd0" loop.
>
> This was tested with the latest trunk, so I know it's still not "fixed"
> :-)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bernard
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
>> Behalf Of Mark Seger
>> Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 9:39
>> To: sisuite-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
>> Subject: [Sisuite-devel] what about systems with no floppy drives?
>>
>> There's a section near the beginning of the installation that says
>> "checking for floppy diskette." I'm getting an I/O error, dev fdo,
>> sector 0 about ever 10 seconds and I'm sure it's because this system
>> doesn't have a floppy. If they're just warnings, and I think
>> they are,
>> should there be a message to ignore the like the message that says to
>> ignore "wrong magic" errors? However, the real issues if there are
>> almost 2 dozen of these and they significantly slow down the
>> installation.
>>
>> Any way to reduce or maybe even eliminate the checks, or isn't this
>> under SI control?
>>
>> -mark
>>
>>
>>
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