Your message dated Sun, 24 Jun 2012 19:36:35 +0100 with message-id <1340562995.741.30.camel@deadeye.wl.decadent.org.uk> and subject line Re: Bug#500459: #500459 debian-installer: ide-floppy module is missing from /dev on installer has caused the Debian Bug report #500459, regarding debian-installer: ide-floppy module is missing from /dev on installer to be marked as done. This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with. If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the Bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith. (NB: If you are a system administrator and have no idea what this message is talking about, this may indicate a serious mail system misconfiguration somewhere. Please contact owner@bugs.debian.org immediately.) -- 500459: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=500459 Debian Bug Tracking System Contact owner@bugs.debian.org with problems
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- Subject: debian-installer: ide-floppy module is missing from /dev on installer
- From: Mark Hobley <markhobley@yahoo.co.uk>
- Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2008 14:32:47 +0100
- Message-id: <20080928133247.16642.35896.reportbug@venus.markhobley.yi.org>
Package: debian-installer Severity: normal The ide-floppy module is missing from debian-installer image, which limits its usefulness as a rescue disk. Without the presence of this device, it is not possible to boot into rescue mode and use the laser servo diskette drive to replace missing files. Mark. -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-486 Locale: LANG=en_GB, LC_CTYPE=en_GB (charmap=ISO-8859-1) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
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- To: 500459-done@bugs.debian.org
- Subject: Re: Bug#500459: #500459 debian-installer: ide-floppy module is missing from /dev on installer
- From: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
- Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2012 19:36:35 +0100
- Message-id: <1340562995.741.30.camel@deadeye.wl.decadent.org.uk>
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On Thu, 2012-01-19 at 05:40 +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Mon, 2011-03-07 at 22:55 +0000, Miguel Figueiredo wrote: > > A Segunda 07 Fevereiro 2011 16:23:06 Mark Hobley você escreveu: > > > --- On Sun, 6/2/11, Miguel Figueiredo <elmig@debianpt.org> wrote: > > > > [...] > > > > > Well, I still use these drives and I installed them on many third party > > > machines. If it is only a case of adding the module, then a fix would be > > > good for me. > > > > > > Mark. > > > > I will wait for a (N)ACK on this patch. > > ide-floppy is not likely to do anyone any good, since it does not work > with the currently used drivers for most PATA (IDE) interfaces. > Starting with Debian 6.0 'squeeze', ATAPI floppy drives should be > handled by the sd driver, which is already included in the installer. > > Mark, please confirm whether or not the 'squeeze' installer supports > these drives. Assuming this is fixed, and closing. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings I say we take off; nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.Attachment: signature.asc
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