Paul Smith wrote: > > Dear All > > I am getting these strange messages: > > Jan 20 01:22:22 localhost kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0 > Jan 20 01:22:22 localhost kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0 > Jan 20 01:22:22 localhost kernel: floppy0: disk absent or changed > during operation > Jan 20 01:22:22 localhost kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0 > Jan 20 01:22:22 localhost kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0 > Jan 20 01:22:22 localhost kernel: floppy0: disk absent or changed > during operation > > It surprises me, as I do not have any floppy disk inserted. > > Any ideas? > > Thanks in advance, > > Paul If, as root, you do something like: # cp /dev/fd0 /tmp/foo without a floppy inserted, you'll see a single kernel messages in your logs: > <DATE/TIME> localhost kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0 So offhand, I'd say some program on your box is trying to read or write to the floppy device. If you have the psacct rpm (the process accounting package) installed, as root you should be able to do: # lastcomm | grep "Jan 20 01:2" to see the names of what programs were started between 01:20:20 and 01:29:59. Somewhere in that output, probably around 01:22:20 or so, you should find the offending program. Hope this helps, -S
