The first thing the floppy does is read block 0 to test geometry and to test for disk presence. If disk is not present this causes a console warning message about failed I/O. Set flag to silence. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger --- a/drivers/block/floppy.c 2010-06-08 14:54:39.187135875 -0700 +++ b/drivers/block/floppy.c 2010-06-08 14:54:40.307241699 -0700 @@ -3829,6 +3829,7 @@ static int __floppy_read_block_0(struct bio.bi_size = size; bio.bi_bdev = bdev; bio.bi_sector = 0; + bio.bi_flags = BIO_QUIET; init_completion(&complete); bio.bi_private = &complete; bio.bi_end_io = floppy_rb0_complete; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/