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Sylvia wrote:
> loaded and playing with Mandrake 5.3
> some where along the way part of my boot sequence is to check fd0, won't
> boot without a floppy in the drive
> how do I get past this
> thanks for any and all help
> 

Not familiar with "Mandrake" but you might check /etc/fstab for a sixth
field that's non-zero.

/dev/fd0	/mnt/floppy	ext2	noauto	0 1

The last '1' kicks off the fsck. Set it to zero...


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