Probing Non-Existent Floppy

(2026-08-21)

Problem:

Syslog error:

I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x0 phys_seg 1 prio class 2

or similar

Solution

As root:

echo "blacklist floppy" > /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-floppy
update-initramfs -u
rmmod floppy