WTF?! NO floppy in Lucid or in Meerkat! -- PROGRESS REPORT

[Christopher Chan]

> I am happy from the point of view that not only do I have this floppy
> drive problem solved (thanks to NoOp) but I was also able to flash the
> BIOS on that infernal @#$%&^#!! ASUS motherboard.
>
> But that's as far as my happiness goes because I cannot get that
> @#$%&^#!! A7N8X 'Dee-lucks' ASUS motherboard to work as it should!
>
> But this belongs in the other thread where I will report on the bitch
> "real soon now".

Have you tried noapic and apci=off kernel parameters?