Bug#500459: #500459 debian-installer: ide-floppy module is missing from /dev on installer

--- On Sun, 6/2/11, Miguel Figueiredo wrote: I meant to say. We probably only need this for i386 (32bit) images. This probably would not apply to other architectures. Mark. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact

Bug#500459: #500459 debian-installer: ide-floppy module is missing from /dev on installer

--- On Sun, 6/2/11, Miguel Figueiredo wrote: > > Since the bug was filled in 2008 there was no > activity/patches so i guess > there's no interest. > Can this be closed? > Well, I still use these drives and I installed them on many third party machines. If it is only a case of adding the mod

Bug#500459: debian-installer: ide-floppy module is missing from /dev on installer

Package: debian-installer Severity: normal The ide-floppy module is missing from debian-installer image, which limits its usefulness as a rescue disk. Without the presence of this device, it is not possible to boot into rescue mode and use the laser servo diskette drive to replace missing fil