I'm not sure to understand the goal of this daemon but when i enable it at boot up i obtain these errors and the system hangs: Jul 2 12:20:47 bureau kernel: Jul 2 12:20:47 bureau kernel: floppy driver state Jul 2 12:20:47 bureau kernel: ------------------- Jul 2 12:20:47 bureau kernel: now=4294711978 last interrupt=4294679502 diff=32476 last called handler=de91dd17 Jul 2 12:20:47 bureau kernel: timeout_message=lock fdc Jul 2 12:20:47 bureau kernel: last output bytes: Jul 2 12:20:47 bureau kernel: 8 80 4294679486 Jul 2 12:20:47 bureau last message repeated 2 times Jul 2 12:20:47 bureau kernel: 8 80 4294679500 Jul 2 12:20:47 bureau last message repeated 3 times Jul 2 12:20:47 bureau kernel: e 80 4294679501 Jul 2 12:20:47 bureau kernel: 13 80 4294679501 Jul 2 12:20:47 bureau kernel: 0 90 4294679501 Jul 2 12:20:47 bureau kernel: 1a 90 4294679501 Jul 2 12:20:47 bureau kernel: 0 90 4294679501 Jul 2 12:20:47 bureau kernel: 12 90 4294679501 Jul 2 12:20:47 bureau kernel: 0 90 4294679501 Jul 2 12:20:47 bureau kernel: 14 90 4294679501 Jul 2 12:20:47 bureau kernel: 18 80 4294679501 Jul 2 12:20:47 bureau kernel: 8 80 4294679502 Jul 2 12:20:47 bureau last message repeated 3 times Jul 2 12:20:47 bureau kernel: last result at 4294679502 Jul 2 12:20:47 bureau kernel: last redo_fd_request at 4294679502 Jul 2 12:20:47 bureau kernel: Jul 2 12:20:47 bureau kernel: status=80 Jul 2 12:20:47 bureau kernel: fdc_busy=1 Jul 2 12:20:47 bureau kernel: floppy_work.func=de920a1c Jul 2 12:20:47 bureau kernel: cont=de929680 Jul 2 12:20:47 bureau kernel: current_req=00000000 Jul 2 12:20:47 bureau kernel: command_status=-1 Jul 2 12:20:47 bureau kernel: Jul 2 12:20:47 bureau kernel: floppy0: floppy timeout called Jul 2 12:20:47 bureau kernel: floppy.c: no request in request_done Jul 2 12:20:50 bureau kernel: Jul 2 12:20:50 bureau kernel: floppy driver state Jul 2 12:20:50 bureau kernel: ------------------- Jul 2 12:20:50 bureau kernel: now=4294714978 last interrupt=4294679502 diff=35476 last called handler=de91dd17 Jul 2 12:20:50 bureau kernel: timeout_message=lock fdc Jul 2 12:20:50 bureau kernel: last output bytes: Jul 2 12:20:50 bureau kernel: 8 80 4294679486 Jul 2 12:20:50 bureau last message repeated 2 times Jul 2 12:20:50 bureau kernel: 8 80 4294679500 Jul 2 12:20:50 bureau last message repeated 3 times Jul 2 12:20:50 bureau kernel: e 80 4294679501 Jul 2 12:20:50 bureau kernel: 13 80 4294679501 Jul 2 12:20:50 bureau kernel: 0 90 4294679501 Jul 2 12:20:50 bureau kernel: 1a 90 4294679501 Jul 2 12:20:50 bureau kernel: 0 90 4294679501 Jul 2 12:20:50 bureau kernel: 12 90 4294679501 Jul 2 12:20:50 bureau kernel: 0 90 4294679501 Jul 2 12:20:50 bureau kernel: 14 90 4294679501 Jul 2 12:20:50 bureau kernel: 18 80 4294679501 Jul 2 12:20:50 bureau kernel: 8 80 4294679502 Jul 2 12:20:50 bureau last message repeated 3 times Jul 2 12:20:50 bureau kernel: last result at 4294679502 Jul 2 12:20:50 bureau kernel: last redo_fd_request at 4294711978 Jul 2 12:20:50 bureau kernel: Jul 2 12:20:50 bureau kernel: status=80 Jul 2 12:20:50 bureau kernel: fdc_busy=1 Jul 2 12:20:51 bureau kernel: floppy_work.func=de91e566 Jul 2 12:20:51 bureau kernel: cont=de929690 Jul 2 12:20:51 bureau kernel: current_req=00000000 Jul 2 12:20:51 bureau kernel: command_status=-1 Jul 2 12:20:51 bureau kernel: Jul 2 12:20:51 bureau kernel: floppy0: floppy timeout called