An anonymous frustrated reader asks:
Why am I getting a 'no floppy controllers found' error message - /var/log/messages file on my RedHat (RHEL) HP BL20P Blade server ? Log attached:
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Feb 27 05:14:01 oradb9 kernel: Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
Feb 27 05:14:27 oradb9 kernel: floppy0: no floppy controllers found
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First of all this problem is not specific to any server vendor. This message will be displayed on any system connected without a diskette / floppy drive
All you need to do is blacklist / disable floppy driver or module.
Debian / Ubuntu Linux user
Add your driver /block device to /etc/modprobe.d/aliases file.
# vi /etc/modprobe.d/aliases
Add following line
alias block-major-2 off
Or comment out line
# alias block-major-2
Reboot the system.
Redhat enterprise Linux user (RHEL)/CentOS/Fedora Core Linux user
Open /etc/modules.conf file
# vi /etc/modules.conf
Append following line to file:
alias block-major-2 off
Save close the file. My complete file looks as follows:
alias eth0 tg3 alias eth1 tg3 alias scsi_hostadapter sata_svw alias usb-controller ehci-hcd alias usb-controller1 ohci-hcd alias block-major-2 off
Now rebuild the initial ramdisk:
# mkinitrd -f -v /boot/ initrd-2.6.9-42.0.8.ELsmp.img 2.6.9-42.0.8.ELsmp
Reboot the server.
This is the only way to disable floppy drive, AFIK.
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Hi,
Thanks,
we can edit /etc/modprobe.conf
instead of /etc/modules.conf for new releases of redhat/…..