[Bug 384579] Re: Linux thinks there’s a floppy drive when there’s not. Probing slows down bootup by almost a minute.

[Andy Whitcroft]

This seems to be a T23 laptop.  Does this model have the option of a
hot-swappable drive bay or expansion unit?  In some older laptops there
can be a bios virtualised floppy device which allows the floppy to be
added and removed live without the OS knowing.  It is worth checking the
BIOS settings to see if any options exist for hot-swappable drives
and/or floppies.  If so could you report what you find here.  Also did
this work on a previous Ubuntu release, if so which, in a previous
release we had issues with the floppy _not_ being recognised correctly
which would have masked this issue.

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
       Status: Triaged => In Progress

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Andy Whitcroft (apw)

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Linux thinks there’s a floppy drive when there’s not. Probing slows down bootup by almost a minute.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/384579
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