by Hello All,
I'm runnig Knoppix(Debian) GNU/Linux from a CD on a laptop witout
floppy drive and getting stall at the autoconfiguring devices step.
The error message is at Autoconfiguring devices:
Autoconfiguring devices... modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module
block-major-2
(repeated)
block-major-2 seems to be caused by the lack of a floppy drive in this
laptop. Autoconfiguring seeks for floppy drive and causes the boot
halt when doesn't find one.
Is there any Cheat code, or any way, that could help boot with no
floppy drive detection?
I read reconfiguring the kernel, but since I'm a newbie, maybe at
later stage..
Only failsafe will pass by the modprobe major 2 halt and boot.
All the rest of hardware is Beautifully supported in the Knoppix
distro! (well, the Intel WiFi is only backwards compatible, but
still!).
I tried, of course, the first generic Cheat codes that came to mind:
knoppix nofloppy --the same modprobe problem,
... nofd --the same modprobe problem.
... nofd0 --the same modprobe problem.
... nofd* --the same modprobe problem.
Thank you for reading and your help.
Since the floppy drive is getting obsolete, your knowledge will
certainly benefit others too.