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Re: grub2 floppy seek - how to switch off?



On Mon, 08 Jul 2013 22:12:16 +0100, MRH <misiek_spam@o2.pl> wrote:
> Just to bump the question (below) - anyone, any ideas, please?
> 
> On 23/06/13 16:56, MRH wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a problem with grub2.
> > Recently (after updating to wheezy) grub has been upgraded to grub2. All
> > fine and well, but it started looooong floppy seek at the boot, which is
> > sort of annoying, as it's a home PC, switched on every day. I tried
> > looking for solution, but I could not find anything to solve the problem.
> >
> > The floppy seek is off in the BIOS,
> > /etc/default/grub
> > contains
> > GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=true
> >
> > I wonder if the problem is a file not mentioned in the GRUB
> > documentation, (which seems to be manually created custom config, but I
> > didn't create it):
> > /etc/grub.d/41_custom
> >
> > #!/bin/sh
> > exec tail -n +3 $0
> > # This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries.  Simply
> > type the
> > # menu entries you want to add after this comment.  Be careful not to
> > change
> > # the 'exec tail' line above.
> > misiek@cavern:~$ more /etc/grub.d/41_custom
> > #!/bin/sh
> > cat <<EOF
> > if [ -f  \${config_directory}/custom.cfg ]; then
> >    source \${config_directory}/custom.cfg
> > elif [ -z "\${config_directory}" -a -f  \$prefix/custom.cfg ]; then
> >    source \$prefix/custom.cfg;
> > fi
> > EOF
> >
> >
> 
> 
Do you have "--no-floppy" in "search" [1] line in grub.cfg.

[1] https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub.html#search


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