Felix Miata <mrmazda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Dale R. Worley composed on 2015-02-07 21:37 (UTC-0500): > >> Felix Miata wrote: > >>> 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? > > Yes, as is the OM drive: >... > 2 0 4 fd0 >... Then the answer to your question is, "Yes, it is expected and intended." Are you saying that you find this undesirable? If so, do you have a proposal for how "fdisk -l" should determine the list of devices that it should list? 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
