Fedora core 2 on Laptop

gdogg2k · 11-17-2004, 10:03 AM

Hi guys and gals

got me a new laptop (Fujitsu Siemens Amilo 7850) which does not have a Floppy drive.

I am trying to install fedora core 2 on it and when eva i try to boot it hang's as it tries to setup the floppy drive, it will install ok, its when i try to boot it for the first time. How can i disable this if i cannot boot the thing?? can i use a recue mode and change n e thing? if this is poss try to explain simply as i'm new to linux

(i.e i havent even managed to run it yet)

cheers

Beads · 11-18-2004, 07:15 AM

You might consider purchasing an external USB floppy. I'll check to see if you can boot to a lower run level to make the changes. I'll re-post this afternoon if no-one else comes up with it first.

gdogg2k · 11-18-2004, 07:22 AM

thanks. i was hoping i could just boot up using the recue ooption on from cd1 and change something to stop it probing for the drive :S

ebit · 11-19-2004, 05:48 AM

Sounds more like a problem with the laptop than with fedora 2. I've run fedora 1 & 2 on laptops with no floppy drives without a problem.

Beads · 11-19-2004, 08:31 AM

That's a good point ebit. Gdogg2K, have you attempted to install this distro on another machine?

gdogg2k · 11-19-2004, 01:34 PM

hi, i've installed on my desktop (with floppy) and runs great, mandrake and suse run ok on laptop

just wanted to check if i could stop it modprobe'ing for floppy

gdogg2k · 12-30-2004, 08:16 AM

sorry to leave it so long, but n e 1 any more ideas on this