On Mon, Jun 12, 2006 at 12:08:12PM -0700, Douglas Phillipson wrote: > New messages with acpi=off when floppy plugged in: > > Jun 12 13:39:53 hill1 kernel: SCSI device sda: 2880 512-byte hdwr > sectors (1 MB) > Jun 12 13:39:53 hill1 kernel: sda: Write Protect is off > Jun 12 13:39:53 hill1 kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through > Jun 12 13:39:53 hill1 kernel: SCSI device sda: 2880 512-byte hdwr > sectors (1 MB) > Jun 12 13:39:53 hill1 kernel: sda: Write Protect is off > Jun 12 13:39:53 hill1 kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through > Jun 12 13:39:54 hill1 kernel: sda: unknown partition table > > BTW, this is a Dell Inspiron 8600 Oh, this is an external floppy ? USB ? Dave -- http://www.codemonkey.org.uk