Why does the kernel spend so much time looking for fd0 at bootup?

[Tim Wunder (Lists)]

On 12/27/2009 11:22 AM, Lonni J Friedman wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 7:38 AM, Tim Wunder (Lists) <tim at thewunders.org> wrote:
>> When rebooting this F11 system, the kernel spends a great deal of time
>> looking for a non-existent fd0. Is there any way to get it to stop doing
>> that (without recompiling the kernel, that is)?
> 
> None of my systems have a floppy drive, and none of them exhibit this
> behavior (they're a mix of F11 & F12).
> 
> How long is a "great deal of time"?

About a minute, which, in the grand scheme of things, isn't all that
much time. But if you're waiting for a reboot to see if dhcpd starts
this time, well, then it seems like forever ;)

> Is the floppy controller enabled in the SBIOS?

Not sure... I'll check that at next reboot. I thought of that as a
possibility after sending my email.

> What exactly appears on the screen when its looking for fd0 ?

error message pertaining to fd0... I don't recall the specific wording.

> Specifically which kernel version are you using?
> 

2.6.30.10-105.fc11.x86_64

Tim
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