F13 install problem (/dev/fd0 error)

[Sam Varshavchik]

Wolfgang S. Rupprecht writes:

> 
> dale at chatham.org writes:
>> I cannot get FC13 to install.  I get a repeating /dev/fd0 error, which
>> sorta makes sense since the machine doesn't have a floppy.  However, it
>> never gets past the error.
>>
>> Has anyone seen this one?
> 
> Yes.  Same here on my Asus M3A78T (AMD) motherboard.
> 
> It hung until I used Alt-Ctl-F1 Alt-Ctl-F2 Alt-Ctl-F3 etc to switch
> screens. When I switched back it had managed to "unstick" itself and the
> install proceeded.  The Anacondia (??) screen's blue background never
> refreshed and stayed black, but I decided I could live with that as long
> as the install proceeded. ;-)  I'm typing on that machine now.  There
> doesn't seem to have been any lasting damage.  the real kernel seems to
> work just fine.

Go into your BIOS setup. See if your BIOS believes that there's a floppy 
drive hiding somewhere, and disable it.

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