Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 4 Aug 2002 17:29:32 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 4 Aug 2002 17:29:32 -0400 Received: from pD9E2319C.dip.t-dialin.net ([217.226.49.156]:37068 "EHLO hawkeye.luckynet.adm") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 4 Aug 2002 17:29:31 -0400 Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2002 15:32:59 -0600 (MDT) From: Thunder from the hill X-X-Sender: thunder@hawkeye.luckynet.adm To: Nico Schottelius cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: floppy issue also in 2.4.18 ? / 2.5 solution In-Reply-To: <20020804053705.GA9854@schottelius.org> Message-ID: X-Location: Dorndorf; Germany MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1091 Lines: 28 Hi, On Sun, 4 Aug 2002, Nico Schottelius wrote: > 1) Why does 2.4.18 kernel hangs when I try to boot it from floppy ? > Symptoms: After 'Loading ... ' progress finished, the disk drive's > led is still lighting and nothing happens anymore. > What can be wrong ? CPU is correct (I even tried 386,586,p-classic,p-mmx,..), > it's a P133. And howto fix it? Yo. Some days ago there was a patch that fixed the floppy I/O driver. I'll append it, against 2.5.29. > 2) Somebody explain me what changed in vfs, where to find doc and give me some > time to fix that damn 2.5 floppy driver. I'm gonna fight it. It was in 2.5.12. Just look at the changes, I don't have a pointer right now. (I'm busy writing something about the downturn of the first ancient egypt empire...) Thunder -- .-../../-./..-/-..- .-./..-/.-.././.../.-.-.- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/