[OmniOS-discuss] Installer dependency on a Floppy

[Schweiss, Chip]

Beginning to suspect this is something else.  OpenIndiana's ISO panics
also.   It works on VMware without a floppy.



On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 3:41 PM, Schweiss, Chip <chip at innovates.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 3:34 PM, Paul B. Henson <henson at acm.org> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 03:04:35PM -0600, Schweiss, Chip wrote:
>>
>> > The floppy controller is completely gone from these systems and causing
>> the
>> > installer to panic when loading.
>> >
>> > Anyone aware of a workaround?
>>
>> Check the BIOS and see if it says anything about a floppy. For vmware
>> guests, even if you don't have a virtual floppy configured, the BIOS
>> still shows that a floppy is installed. Most people recommend adding a
>> virtual floppy to work around the issue, but you can also go into the
>> virtual BIOS and change the floppy to not installed, which also allows
>> the installer to work.
>>
>> So if the BIOS mentions floppies, make sure they're configured as not
>> installed...
>>
>
> That was my first place to look.    Floppy is truly non-existent.
>
> I just tried plugging a USB floppy in.  That didn't help either.
>
>
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