docs/174124: [patch] faq: remove boot-floppy-hangs question

Derek Wood ddwood at highdensity.org
Tue Dec 4 19:40:01 UTC 2012


>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


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