On Wed, 6 Nov 2002, Gareth Walters wrote:
> I am installing Debian on a machine without a floppy drive
> Booting from the Debian 3.0 CD's.
> While the kernel is booting everything seems fine,
> until the appears on the screen and the installation stalls
>
> floppy0: unexpected interrupt
> sensei handle dies: normal interrupt end
>
> There is no floppy on the machine and its disabled in BIOS.
> Is there a kernel parameter I can give to stop it looking for a floppy?
A quick google search yelds the bootprompt-howto, which tells me you can
try either:
floppy=cmos
or:
floppy=no_unexpected_interrupts
and if all else fails try:
floppy=0,daring
I'm not sure if any of these will really make a difference, though. :)
-- Jess.
(Everything with a grin :)
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