"> It's no inherent problem with linux, just RH9 in combination with that > mainboard. It's definately fixable. Agree with you ... but for him, the answer is easy : Work on windows, not on Linux." yea that's it, if a user isn't a guru let's send em back to windows...that solves the problem! oh wait this IS a Linux support group isn't it??!! and he installed it for his customer not for himself. The answer is simple, if you don't want to assist other users, try a WINDOWS support group. jmho ----- Original Message ----- From: "Philippe" <phd2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "RH9" <Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 7:02 AM Subject: Re: No floppy controller detected > On Wed, 2003-12-10 at 21:13, Klaasjan Brand wrote: > > > > Motherboard : ASUS P4T-F / Socket 423 / Intel 850 Chipset. > > > > Got one here too... same problem. Solved it with RH9 by using > > recompiling the kernel (see the bugzilla report). > Well..recompiling. I am not comfortable at this ... > > Meaning ... > - download source - make xconfig - make dep - make bzImage > - make modules - make modules_install > > But I have to "load fd in the kernel"..where do you choose that ? > > > And with /etc/modules.conf ? Possible ? > > > It's no inherent problem with linux, just RH9 in combination with that > > mainboard. It's definately fixable. > Agree with you ... but for him, the answer is easy : Work on windows, not on Linux. > > > > The last solution could be to install an external floppy drive, but will > > > I be more lucky, if the problem is the floppy controller ? > > > > A usb floppy drive doesn't use the "legacy" floppy controller, so that > > should work. > Thanks for your precious help > -- > Philippe, Chiangmai, Thailand > > > -- > Shrike-list mailing list > Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list > -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
