Bug 8890 - Can't make boot floppy on sparc
Summary: Can't make boot floppy on sparc
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: installer
Version: 6.2
Hardware: sparc
OS: Linux
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Michael Fulbright
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Reported: 2000-01-26 11:16 UTC by Tim Waugh
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:37 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2000-02-24 17:12:34 UTC
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Description Tim Waugh 2000-01-26 11:16:00 UTC 
Network installation.

The installer doesn't eject the installation boot floppy before asking for
a blank floppy to make a boot floppy on.

This is an IPX classic with software-only eject mechanism.

Workaround:

Alt-F2
# touch /etc/fstab
# /mnt/runtime/usr/bin/mknod /dev/fd0
# eject -f /dev/fd0
Comment 1 Michael Fulbright 2000-02-24 17:12:59 UTC 
You can eject from floppy from the prom prompt also.
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