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Bug 8890

Summary:	Can't make boot floppy on sparc
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Tim Waugh <twaugh>
Component:	installer	Assignee:	Michael Fulbright <msf>
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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.