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

[Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz]

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.