----- Forwarded message from Eric Shubes <plug@shubes.net> -----
From: Eric Shubes <plug@shubes.net>
Date: Thu, 05 May 2005 15:14:15 -0700
To: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
Subject: Re: Bug#307834: Installation: Micron Transport floppy=nofifo problem
Organization: Eric Shubert & Associates
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Joey Hess wrote:
>Eric Shubes wrote:
>
>>The error wasn't absolutely consistent. The long rw: value varied.
>>Usually 24, but sometimes 13 or 20. The rs= value changed too, 2 and 15
>>respectively.
>>The install media was fine. I checked, double checked, cleaned the drive,
>>and even created media on the same computer which was failing. On
>>occasion (3 times out of 20 or so)
>>
>>I also tried various other parameters: floppy=0,daring; =broken_dcl;
>>=slow, and none helped.
>>
>>I don't know why floppy=nofifo fixed the problem with Woody (Woody had
>>the same symptoms without it). It appears to me as though floppy=nofifo
>>simply doesn't work. At least it doesn't do what it did with Woody.
>>
>>I've since done a dist-upgrade instead, so I'm not in need of this to
>>work, but it would be nice to have it fixed for the next person who tries
>>it. I'll be happy to do whatever testing that may be needed.
>
>
>The issue is that kernel boot time parameters are not seen by modules
>when they're loaded. The floppy driver is a module in sarge. You should
>be able to work around the problem by booting with BOOT_DEBUG=3. This
>will give you several shell prompts after the floppy boots. At the first
>one, "before hardware detection", you can try to "modprobe floppy
>floppy=nofifo".
>
>If that works for you, then we obviously need a better fix to let these
>parameters be specified.
>
>
>
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>
>
Bingo - works like a charm.
Where do we go from here?
I followed through the install process a bit, and there was an error
while running 'modprobe -v i82365' for my network adapter. I guess I
should see if that's reported already or not, and if not file a report
on that too. Yes?
--
-Eric 'shubes'
"There is no such thing as the People;
it is a collectivist myth.
There are only individual citizens
with individual wills
and individual purposes."
-William E. Simon (1927-2000),
Secretary of the Treasury (1974-1977)
"A Time For Truth" (1978), pg. 237
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