FS#1554 - Installation hangs while installing Grub if there is no floppy present

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Andres Morales (vandre) - Thursday, 30 September 2004, 00:58 GMT
Last edited by Judd Vinet (judd) - Thursday, 30 September 2004, 17:23 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Installation
Status Closed
Assigned To Judd Vinet (judd)
Architecture not specified
Severity High
Priority Normal
Reported Version 0.7 Wombat
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 0%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

The installer should check if there is a floppy installed, otherwise grub-install should be called with --no-floppy. As a workaround, you can skip the bootloader install and do that manually.


System tested: Inspiron 8100 without a floppy drive
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Closed by  Judd Vinet (judd)
Saturday, 16 October 2004, 17:43 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed

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