Re: PROBLEM: floppy motor spins when floppy module not installed

[Helge Hafting]

On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 03:18:03PM +0100, Måns Rullgård wrote:
> Dale Mellor <dale@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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.
> 
The kernel stops the spinning floppy _if_ you gives it a driver
for the floppy hardware.

This is not a problem at all, considering that linux comes
with such a driver.

Compile it in, or arranger for the module to be loaded at
boot time.  You may of course arrange to unload it a little
later if you want to save the memory.

Helge Hafting 
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