[Bug 384579] Re: Linux thinks there’s a floppy drive when there’s not. Probing slows down bootup by almost a minute.

[dougfractal]

Fresh install of Karmic alpha 3 with  Andy W's deb.
aptitude search ~iinitramfs-tools -F "%20p %35v"
initramfs-tools                                                        0.92bubuntu39~lp384579apw1

tail  /var/log/syslog
Jul 24 00:06:30 karmic kernel: [  118.640120] Buffer I/O error on device fd0, logical block 0
Jul 24 00:06:30 karmic kernel: [  120.676028] Clocksource tsc unstable (delta = -185297388 ns)
Jul 24 00:06:30 karmic kernel: [  130.800083] end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0
Jul 24 00:06:30 karmic kernel: [  142.968013] end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0
Jul 24 00:06:30 karmic kernel: [  155.120045] end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0
Jul 24 00:06:30 karmic kernel: [  155.120053] Buffer I/O error on device fd0, logical block 0
Jul 24 00:06:30 karmic kernel: [  167.280141] end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0
Jul 24 00:06:30 karmic kernel: [  167.280152] Buffer I/O error on device fd0, logical block 0
Jul 24 00:06:30 karmic kernel: [  179.448043] end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0

No joy

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Linux thinks there’s a floppy drive when there’s not. Probing slows down bootup by almost a minute.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/384579
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