Bug 716
Summary: | bootable CD-ROM hangs system if no floppy drive present | ||
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Product: | [Retired] Red Hat Linux | Reporter: | matt.brown |
Component: | installer | Assignee: | Michael K. Johnson <johnsonm> |
Status: | CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE | QA Contact: | |
Severity: | low | Docs Contact: | |
Priority: | low | ||
Version: | 5.2 | ||
Target Milestone: | --- | ||
Target Release: | --- | ||
Hardware: | i386 | ||
OS: | Linux | ||
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Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |
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Last Closed: | 1999-01-07 22:36:56 UTC | Type: | --- |
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oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
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Description
matt.brown
1999-01-06 19:58:20 UTC
This has been assigned to our hardware certification person for further review. The problem is not actually a Red Hat 5.2 problem. It has been confirmed from Dell and Adaptec that the problem is a BIOS bug. Specifically, when the Adaptec BIOS attempts to move Drive A to Drive B and no Drive A exists, then it crashes the machine. The Windows NT CD-ROM does not cause this problem because it uses the Torino CD-ROM extension for booting instead of the emulated floppy extension that Red Hat uses. No new BIOS has been made for the machine at this time, and the current solution is that once the system is installed, don't boot from the Red Hat 5.2 CD-ROM and you can do what-ever you wish with the floppy. If you must be able to boot from CD-ROM that uses the floppy style boot extension, then further action will be needed. In either case, it isn't really a Red Hat problem, it specifically is a Dell problem, so this trouble ticket will be closed out. |