On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 08:17:37PM +0930, Arthur Marsh wrote:
>
> Yes, removing the line
>
> (fd0) /dev/fd0
>
> from /boot/grub/device.map silences the error messages
>
> error: cannot open `(null)' while attempting to get disk size
Great. I think we nailed the problem down now.
One more check, please; could you add the floppy line back (exactly in
the same position), and test with this change?
I think this should be the last test; Thank you very much for your help
so far!
--
Robert Millan
The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and
how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we
still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all."
--- /tmp/biosdisk.c~ 2008-08-29 18:27:21.000000000 +0200
+++ /tmp/biosdisk.c 2008-08-30 16:26:08.000000000 +0200
@@ -549,6 +549,8 @@
char *q = p + sizeof ("/dev/fd") - 1;
if (*q >= '0' && *q <= '9')
{
+ free (map[drive].drive);
+ map[drive].drive = NULL;
grub_util_info ("`%s' looks like a floppy drive, skipping", p);
continue;
}
