Felix Miata <mrmazda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > fdisk -l is causing the floppy drive to get hit, which reflects the 4 kernel > messages onto the tty running fdisk. Is this expected or intended? I see in the manual page: -l List the partition tables for the specified devices and then exit. If no devices are given, those mentioned in /proc/parti- tions (if that exists) are used. Is the floppy listed in /proc/partitions? Dale -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe util-linux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html