There seems to be no way to avoid the problem by changing a BIOS setting on my Dell Latitude C400. BIOS setup utility already claims that there is no floppy drive installed. Probably, BIOS provides a kind of placeholder device for future attachment of the floppy drive.
There exists a workaround for this problem (tested on kubuntu-7.04-alternate-i386): modprobe -r floppy rm /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/block/floppy.ko This removes the floppy module from memory and then from ramdisk to prevent reloading it. -- [feisty] kernel boot delayed 60 secs on floppy error https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/95857 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
