From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.4.1) Gecko/20031030 Description of problem: When invoking the mkbootdisk script --device /dev/fd0 2.4.22-1.2115.nptl it prompts to insert a new disk, and after showing a message of what it seems dd running in the background (xx, records in xx records out), the computer gets completely locked / frozen. It both happens when creating a boot disk from within the distribution installation process (in anaconda) and if it is invoked from a shell. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): mkbootdisk-1.5.1-1 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.from the shell type as root: mkbootdisk script --device /dev/fd0 2.4.22-1.2115.nptl 2. from anaconda when installing the system select create a boot disk 3. Actual Results: The machinge gets locked / crashed. Expected Results: A boot disk is created Additional info:
the exact same thing happens to me as well. mkbootdisk hangs there after showing (xx, records in xx records out).
Created attachment 105725 [details] this patch should fix problem with hang up