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    SubjectRe: PROBLEM: floppy motor spins when floppy module not installed
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    On Sat, 2003-12-13 at 05:18, Helge Hafting wrote:
    > On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 03:18:03PM +0100, Måns Rullgård wrote:
    > > Dale Mellor <dale@dmellor.dabsol.co.uk> writes:
    > >
    > > > 1. Floppy motor spins when floppy module not installed.
    > >
    > > It's a known problem. Some broken BIOSes don't turn off the motor
    > > after probing for a disk. One solution is to change the boot priority
    > > in the BIOS settings so the hard disk is tried before floppy. If you
    > > ever need to boot from a floppy, you can change it back.
    > >
    > The kernel stops the spinning floppy _if_ you gives it a driver
    > for the floppy hardware.
    >
    > This is not a problem at all, considering that linux comes
    > with such a driver.
    >
    > Compile it in, or arranger for the module to be loaded at
    > boot time. You may of course arrange to unload it a little
    > later if you want to save the memory.

    This seems like the correct solution to me.

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