[Bug 352787] Re: grub-install seeks for floppy drive which does not exist

[dino99]

outdated report & no more maintained distro; please send a new one if
that issue still exist (using ubuntu-bug)

** Changed in: grub (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  grub-install seeks for floppy drive which does not exist

Status in grub package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  I'm using Jaunty beta.

  After installation, I try to install grub from the system where I have
  booted into.

  The problem is that it takes about 10 minutes for grub-install to do
  this work. It seems to be seeking for floppy drive, which I don't have
  at all in this machine. As nowadays machines like this are becoming
  more and more common, this issue might need some sort of fix.

  I execute command:
  # grub-install /dev/sda
  Probing devices to guess BIOS drives. This may take a long time.
  Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub
  Installing GRUB to /dev/sda as (hd0)...
  Installation finished. No error reported.
  This is the contents of the device map /boot/grub/device.map.
  Check if this is correct or not. If any of the lines is incorrect,
  fix it and re-run the script `grub-install'.

  (fd0)	/dev/fd0
  (hd0)	/dev/sda
  (hd1)	/dev/sdb

  Into syslog i get several errors like this:
  Apr  1 02:10:13 ubuntu kernel: [69424.609171] end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0
  Apr  1 02:10:13 ubuntu kernel: [69424.609182] Buffer I/O error on device fd0, logical block 0
  Apr  1 02:10:25 ubuntu kernel: [69436.924432] end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0
  Apr  1 02:10:37 ubuntu kernel: [69449.081756] end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0
  Apr  1 02:10:50 ubuntu kernel: [69461.253364] end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0
  Apr  1 02:10:50 ubuntu kernel: [69461.253374] Buffer I/O error on device fd0, logical block 0

  grub:
    Installed: 0.97-29ubuntu51
    Candidate: 0.97-29ubuntu51
    Version table:
   *** 0.97-29ubuntu51 0
          500 http://fi.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

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