Sysinstall: No Floppy Devices Found
Dan Mahoney, System Admin
danm at prime.gushi.org
Tue Jan 16 19:31:27 UTC 2007
On Tue, 16 Jan 2007, Kevin Kobb wrote:
> I have found that when I do an install with an install.cfg file on a floppy,
> I must insert the floppy right after the system begins to boot from CD. If I
> don't when I tell sysinstall to read the floppy I get an error.
I've found the floppy works okay when I escape to the bootloader, so I can
load my KLD at that time.
> As a work around, if I go into the options and select rescan for hardware
> devices (not sure if that is the exact wording) after inserting the floppy
> disk, it will work OK as well. Might be worth a try.
I'll be sure to try that, thanks. Any idea why it's not found initially,
tho? I mean, the CONTROLLER is found, so...
Is this the type of thing I should send-pr over?
-Dan
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