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

[Stéphane Graber]

Marking as Fix released as using a recent version of Ubuntu (12.04) I
could reproduce your bug.

Here's how I tested it as I didn't quite have the hardware (legacy free only here :)):
 - Started a VM with: sudo kvm -cdrom data/vm/iso/testing/precise-desktop-amd64.iso -hda data/vm/ltsp.img -boot d -fda /dev/null
 - Switched to kvm's control console (ctrl-alt-2)
 - Ejected the floppy (to have the reader but nothing in it): "eject floppy0"
 - Switched back to the VM (ctrl-alt-1)
 - Booted the VM on the install media
 - When successfully booted, checked that fd0 indeed exists and is detected as a 1.44MB floppy (to make sure my trick worked)

** Changed in: casper (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Fix Released

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

Status in “casper” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

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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