From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264902AbTLLOUb (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Dec 2003 09:20:31 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264913AbTLLOUb (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Dec 2003 09:20:31 -0500 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.224.249]:17825 "EHLO main.gmane.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264902AbTLLOUa (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Dec 2003 09:20:30 -0500 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: mru@kth.se (=?iso-8859-1?q?M=E5ns_Rullg=E5rd?=) Subject: Re: PROBLEM: floppy motor spins when floppy module not installed Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 15:18:03 +0100 Message-ID: References: <16345.51504.583427.499297@l.a> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.1002 (Gnus v5.10.2) XEmacs/21.4 (Rational FORTRAN, linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:MMq1kHz1KT8KQDmBJ8FhhqEfz6g= Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Dale Mellor writes: > 1. Floppy motor spins when floppy module not installed. It's a known problem. Some broken BIOSes don't turn off the motor after probing for a disk. One solution is to change the boot priority in the BIOS settings so the hard disk is tried before floppy. If you ever need to boot from a floppy, you can change it back. -- Måns Rullgård mru@kth.se