4871718: bootstrap complains about devices that have been disabled in the BIOS

On the B100x you will see the following message about /dev/diskette0 during a reboot or PXE boot:

CLIENT MAC ADDR: 00 03 BA 29 F0 DE GUID: 00000000 0000 0000 0000 000000000000

SunOS Secondary Boot version 3.00 255.255.255.0 DHCP IP: 129.156.205.163

GATEWAY IP: 129.156.205.8

/dev/diskette0: device not installed, unknown device type 0

Solaris Intel Platform Edition Booting System

On the B200x you will see the following message about /dev/diskette0 during a reboot or PXE boot:

SunOS Secondary Boot version 3.00

/dev/diskette0: can’t open - bios configuration error

Solaris Intel Platform Edition Booting System

On the B200x you might also see the following message during a network installation. This message refers to an attempt by Solaris to interact with a floppy disk controller that is disabled by the BIOS.

Configuring /dev and /devices

WARNING: fdgetchng: write protect check failed

Using DHCP for network configuration information.

WARNING: fdgetchng: write protect check failed

WARNING: fdgetchng: write protect check failed

Searching for configuration file(s)...

WARNING: fdgetchng: write protect check failed

WARNING: fdgetchng: write protect check failed

Search complete.

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