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

[Tim Wunder (Lists)]

On 12/28/2009 11:54 AM, Lonni J Friedman wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 8:54 AM, Tim Wunder (Lists) <tim at thewunders.org> wrote:
>> On 12/27/2009 11:22 AM, Lonni J Friedman wrote:
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>>> 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.
> 
> If disabling in the SBIOS doesn't help, then the error is going to be important.
> 

Disabling the floppy in the SBIOS solved the problem.

Thanks!

Tim
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