Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2012 19:38:54 GMT From: Derek Wood <ddwood@highdensity.org> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/174124: [patch] faq: remove boot-floppy-hangs question Message-ID: <201212041938.qB4JcsYV055980@red.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <201212041940.qB4Je1EW040814@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 174124
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: [patch] faq: remove boot-floppy-hangs question
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Tue Dec 04 19:40:00 UTC 2012
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Derek Wood
>Release:
>Organization:
>Environment:
>Description:
This patch removes the boot-floppy-hangs faq question as per its entry on the ThwackaFAQ wiki page.
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
Patch attached with submission follows:
diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml
index d55835c..5766a16 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml
@@ -1553,21 +1553,6 @@
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
- <question id="boot-floppy-hangs">
- <para>Why does the boot floppy start, but hang at the
- <literal>Probing Devices...</literal> screen?</para>
- </question>
-
- <answer>
- <para>If you have a IDE &iomegazip; or &jaz; drive installed,
- remove it and try again. The boot floppy can get confused by
- the drives. After the system is installed you can reconnect
- the drive. Hopefully this will be fixed in a later
- release.</para>
- </answer>
- </qandaentry>
-
- <qandaentry>
<question id="panic-on-install-reboot">
<para>Why do I get a <errorname>panic: can't mount
root</errorname> error when rebooting the system after
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
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