Re: [Bug 654] New: Floppy access locks system with endless stream

[Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz]

Okay, this one is fixed but people keep reporting there is more
to be done. So floppy still is not 2.6 ready.

On Mon, 5 May 2003, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:

> Fixed in 2.5.69
>
> On Mon, 5 May 2003, Martin J. Bligh wrote:
>
> > http://bugme.osdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=654
> >
> >            Summary: Floppy access locks system with endless stream of errors
> >     Kernel Version: 2.5.68-bk11
> >             Status: NEW
> >           Severity: high
> >              Owner: [e-mail]
> >          Submitter: [e-mail]
> >
> >
> > Distribution: Debian Testing
> > Hardware Environment: Dell Optiplex GXa
> > Problem Description:
> >
> > Trying to mount a floppy gives an endless stream of:
> > floppy0: disk absent or changed during operation
> > end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0
> > floppy0: disk absent or changed during operation
> > end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0
> > floppy0: disk absent or changed during operation
> > end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0
> >
> > The system is non-responsive to changes to VTs, it can't be pinged, but
> > alt+sysrq prints "SysRq: Show State" but never prints anything beyond that
> > (but  changing LogLevel via Sysrq works).
> >
> > Ctrl+alt+delete has no effect, numlock won't turn on/off numlock light.
> >
> > Steps to reproduce:
> > Insert floppy, try to mount it.