[Bug 191946] Re: kubuntu install fails to boot giving initramfs prompt when floppy drive attached

[Brian Murray]

** Changed in: casper (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => High

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Title:
  kubuntu install fails to boot giving initramfs prompt when floppy
  drive attached

Status in “casper” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  When trying to install kubuntu Gutsy (booting from CD), the boot
  splash and progress bar display, but then the floppy drive starts
  repeatedly seeking. The floppy drive seeks and the light flashes (with
  no disk in the drive) for a few minutes before the booting stops,
  giving an initramfs prompt in the minimal shell (ash).

  Unplugging the floppy drive and booting with no floppy drive installed
  allows the install CD to boot fully, and the install from that point
  forward is functional.

  The difference in the boot process between the two is that the CD is
  read instead of the floppy when the floppy is not installed, and the
  floppy drive is read instead of the CD when both are present, even
  with no disk in the floppy drive.

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