I have a dell inspiron 5100 running fdc 1 and xp. My system does not come with a floppy. So there are a few things I'd like to do:
1. How do I disable the floppy drive in the kernel? When I shut my laptop down I get an error similar to: "insmod floppy...failed"
2. Since I do not have a floppy I'd like to create a boot disk on a cd and I'd also like to put grub on cd. I've searched the net for about 2 months trying to get a boot disk and grub on cds. Any help or links appreciated.
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I have a dell inspiron 5100 running fdc 1 and xp. My system does not come with a floppy. So there are a few things I'd like to do:
- How do I disable the floppy drive in the kernel? When I shut my laptop
down I get an error similar to: "insmod floppy...failed"
I have an inspiron 1100 with no floppy as well, to get around the modules i just added "alias floppy off" to my /etc/modules.conf. Also takes care of the insmod errors on boot.
- Since I do not have a floppy I'd like to create a boot disk on a cd and
I'd also like to put grub on cd. I've searched the net for about 2 months trying to get a boot disk and grub on cds. Any help or links appreciated.
I have found this handy on this topic: http://www.troubleshooters.com/linux/floppy_image_on_cd.htm
Good luck.
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Aaron Matteson -
ronnie escobedo