Bug 127471 – System hangs when attempt to mount floppy

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Bug 127471 - System hangs when attempt to mount floppy

Summary:	System hangs when attempt to mount floppy

Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX

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Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	kernel (Show other bugs)
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Version:	3.0
Hardware:	i386 Linux

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Assigned To:	Brian Maly
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Reported:	2004-07-08 14:30 EDT by Peter Chiu
Modified:	2007-11-30 17:07 EST (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Last Closed:	2006-04-27 15:05:27 EDT
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Description Peter Chiu 2004-07-08 14:30:38 EDT

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Description of problem:
When I try to mount a blank floppy on an ASUS A2400H notebook
(L5C-RP2885), the system freezes up.

The command used is
mount -t auto /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy

The floppy drive appears to be spinning madly.

The only way out is to power-cycle the notebook.

The floppy drive is working okay as I can load in a RH EL 
(kickstart) installation boot floppy to start up a new 
installation.

The problems remain after changing the floppy disc and
power-cycling the notebook.

The notebook is also multi-booting, and the floppy drive
works well under Windows XP and SuSe 9.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
2.4.21-15.EL

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.boot up system
2.mount -t auto /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
3.
    

Actual Results:  System hangs

Expected Results:  floppy drive is mounted and the hash prompt 
returns.

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