Tim [ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx] wrote: > Hi, > > Almost every day I see the following warning in the logwatch mail: > > > --------------------- Kernel Begin ------------------------ > > WARNING: Kernel Errors Present > > end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector ...: 1 Time(s) > > ---------------------- Kernel End ------------------------- > > Which doesn't make any sense. Yes, I have a floppy drive. But, I don't > use it. There's no disk in the drive. And, as far as I'm aware, it > does actually work, fine. Not that I've got a disk to test it with, at > the moment. > > Does anyone else get the same thing? > > Looking through /var/log/messages, I see entries like these: > > # grep fd0 /var/log/messages.1 > > Aug 21 09:14:24 localhost kernel: Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M > Aug 22 15:00:45 localhost kernel: Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M > Aug 22 17:42:59 localhost kernel: Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M > Aug 23 11:17:07 localhost kernel: Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M > Aug 23 11:34:25 localhost kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0 > Aug 23 16:38:39 localhost kernel: Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M > Aug 23 18:30:21 localhost kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0 > Aug 24 10:48:32 localhost kernel: Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M > Aug 24 16:25:01 localhost kernel: Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M > Aug 25 12:52:28 localhost kernel: Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M > Aug 25 13:25:53 localhost kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0 > Aug 25 20:52:10 localhost kernel: Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M > Aug 26 13:37:40 localhost kernel: Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M > I get the message when a kernel is installed and the floppy drive is empty. But on subsequent days my logs do not show I/O errors.
