On Dec 11, 2021, at 23:19, Jon LaBadie <jcu at labadie.us> wrote: > > On my CentOS7 system, I'm getting message sequences in > /var/log/message and in the journal that are nearly identical > to the sequence below. They come in multiple times per second. > > I've deleted the timestamps and system name from the messages. > > kernel: floppy0: Getstatus times out (0) on fdc 0 > kernel: kernel: floppy driver state > kernel: ------------------- > kernel: now=4476158515 last interrupt=4476158452 diff=63 last called handler=reset_interrupt [floppy] > kernel: timeout_message=floppy start > kernel: last output bytes: > kernel: 8 81 4388061306 > kernel: 3 80 4388061326 > kernel: d1 90 4388061326 > kernel: a 90 4388061326 > kernel: 7 90 4388061326 > kernel: 0 90 4388061326 > kernel: 8 81 4388061730 > kernel: 3 80 4388061751 > kernel: c1 90 4388061751 > kernel: 10 90 4388061751 > kernel: 7 80 4388061751 > kernel: 0 90 4388061751 > kernel: 8 81 4388062074 > kernel: 7 80 4388062075 > kernel: 0 90 4388062075 > kernel: 8 81 4388062399 > kernel: 8 80 4402157917 > kernel: 8 80 4402213377 > kernel: 8 80 4476158452 > kernel: 12 80 4476158471 > kernel: last result at 4476158452 > kernel: last redo_fd_request at 4476158471 > kernel: status=0 > kernel: fdc_busy=1 > kernel: timer_function=ffffffffc01daf70 expires=2957 > kernel: cont=ffffffffc01dc400 > kernel: current_req=ffff9b0e72239c80 > kernel: command_status=-1 > kernel: > I persume something is trying to access the system's > floppy disk drive that does not exist. But I have > been unable to identify what's triggering all this > activity. > > Any suggestions? Any chance you have something like automount/autofs set up with a mountpoint for the floppy device? — Jonathan Billings