Hi Linuxers,

Running Mandrake Linux 9.1 (kernel 2.4.21) out here. I copied couple of files (excel) from a floppy to my home dir. 2/3 hours later, i noticed that the floppy LED is constantly on and the drive is being continously accessed. So, i did ctrl+alt+f12 to see the kernel(?) messages and i found this:-

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Feb 27 21:38:02 hansolo last message repeated 116 times Feb 27 21:38:59 hansolo last message repeated 107 times Feb 27 21:38:59 hansolo kernel: martian destination 0.0.0.0 from 10.12.88.160, dev eth0 Feb 27 21:38:59 hansolo kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00 (floppy), sector 0 Feb 27 21:39:30 hansolo last message repeated 58 times Feb 27 21:40:31 hansolo last message repeated 113 times Feb 27 21:41:09 hansolo last message repeated 72 times Feb 27 21:41:10 hansolo kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00 (floppy), sector 0 Feb 27 21:41:19 hansolo last message repeated 17 times Feb 27 21:41:19 hansolo kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00 (floppy), sector 0 Feb 27 21:41:36 hansolo last message repeated 32 times Feb 27 21:41:37 hansolo kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00 (floppy), sector 0 Feb 27 21:42:09 hansolo last message repeated 54 times Feb 27 21:42:18 hansolo last message repeated 18 times Feb 27 21:42:19 hansolo kernel: martian destination 0.0.0.0 from 10.12.88.160, dev eth0 Feb 27 21:42:19 hansolo kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00 (floppy), sector 0 Feb 27 21:42:50 hansolo last message repeated 55 times Feb 27 21:43:51 hansolo last message repeated 115 times Feb 27 21:44:52 hansolo last message repeated 115 times Feb 27 21:45:53 hansolo last message repeated 114 times Feb 27 21:46:54 hansolo last message repeated 115 times Feb 27 21:47:48 hansolo last message repeated 102 times Feb 27 21:47:48 hansolo kernel: martian destination 0.0.0.0 from 10.12.88.160, dev eth0 Feb 27 21:47:48 hansolo kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00 (floppy), sector 0

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To stop the floppy drive access, i put back in the same floppy, ran ls and then took it out. After that, my floppy drive's LED is repeatedly blinking on & off, even as i write this mail. On checking the messages again, i got this:-

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eb 27 22:23:37 hansolo kernel: UDF-fs DEBUG lowlevel.c:65:udf_get_last_session: CDROMMULTISESSION not supported: rc=-22 Feb 27 22:23:37 hansolo kernel: UDF-fs DEBUG super.c:1426:udf_read_super: Multi-session=0 Feb 27 22:23:37 hansolo kernel: UDF-fs DEBUG super.c:415:udf_vrs: Starting at sector 16 (2048 byte sectors) Feb 27 22:23:39 hansolo kernel: UDF-fs: No VRS found Feb 27 22:23:45 hansolo kernel: Unable to identify CD-ROM format. Feb 27 22:23:45 hansolo kernel: MSDOS FS: IO charset utf8 Feb 27 22:24:32 hansolo kernel: VFS: revalidate called on non-open device. Feb 27 22:24:33 hansolo kernel: UDF-fs DEBUG lowlevel.c:65:udf_get_last_session: CDROMMULTISESSION not supported: rc=-22 Feb 27 22:24:33 hansolo kernel: UDF-fs DEBUG super.c:1426:udf_read_super: Multi-session=0 Feb 27 22:24:33 hansolo kernel: UDF-fs DEBUG super.c:415:udf_vrs: Starting at sector 16 (2048 byte sectors) Feb 27 22:24:35 hansolo kernel: UDF-fs: No VRS found Feb 27 22:24:41 hansolo kernel: Unable to identify CD-ROM format. Feb 27 22:24:41 hansolo kernel: MSDOS FS: IO charset utf8

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what's going wrong here? is my box being contacted by the martians?!!?:-)

Please help.

Regards, Sarfaraz.

--- Disks are always full. It is futile to try to get more disk space. Data expands to fill any void. -- Murphy's Computer Laws n4 ---

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