Dan Mahoney, System Admin wrote:
On Tue, 16 Jan 2007, Kevin Kobb wrote:
I have found that when I do an install with an install.cfg file on a
floppy, I must insert the floppy right after the system begins to boot
from CD. If I don't when I tell sysinstall to read the floppy I get an
error.
I've found the floppy works okay when I escape to the bootloader, so I
can load my KLD at that time.
As a work around, if I go into the options and select rescan for
hardware devices (not sure if that is the exact wording) after
inserting the floppy disk, it will work OK as well. Might be worth a try.
I'll be sure to try that, thanks. Any idea why it's not found
initially, tho? I mean, the CONTROLLER is found, so...
Is this the type of thing I should send-pr over?
-Dan
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I am not sure why this happens myself. I have also noticed that when I
try to transfer a few files from floppy (during install my install.cfg
mounts the floppy and copies a few custom scripts) the transfer is very
slow, even by floppy disk speed standards.
I haven't worried too much about it because I so seldom use floppies any
more, and plan on getting a better install gameplan (PXE ?) if I install
more than a few systems. Might be worth checking or filing a PR.
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