Note that as the floppy drive is connected via USB, it is not /dev/fd0, it's at /dev/sd*. Floppy Drive USB Adaptater: TEAC USB UF000x (This is the how it's named in the BIOS/UEFI) (34pin floppy connector to USB adapter cable). DF354H(121G) (Not sure if that's the model reference) Operating System: Linux Mint 17.3 Cinnamon 64-bit Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V Pro/Thunderbolt How can I fix this please? Thank you in advance.Īlso, in case of need, here are my computer's specifications: My guess is that it has to do with udisks or another process probing the floppy disk drive constantly. Apply the fix given at this page:, but it didn't work. Forcing the enabling of the kernel floppy module with the command "sudo modprobe -f floppy", but it throws the error "could not insert 'floppy': Exec format error" Enable the floppy kernel module with the command "sudo modprobe floppy", but it throws the error "could not insert 'floppy': No such device" Reset the floppy disk drive with fdutils, but fdutils doesn't recognise the device as a floppy disk drive as it is connected via USB Mount the floppy disk drive in the fstab file, it mounts the drive correctly, but doesn't fix the problem Here are the things I tried and that failed to fix the problem: I didn't find which process/processes does that. So there must be a process/processes that sends requests to the floppy disk drive periodically (maybe to check if a floppy disk is inserted, or maybe because it is connected via USB and that the process/processes thinks it must behave like any other USB devices). When no floppy disks are inserted the usage LED indicator of the floppy disk drive should be off, and the magnetic head shouldn't move if no floppy disks are inserted in the floppy disk drive. If you plan to buy a new one, then there are several USB Floppy Disk Drives available even now in the market. If this works, good, else go down to the manufacturer’s website and download and install the latest device driver. This also occurs on the 3 (three) floppy disk drives I connected via the adapter. Attach the drive, open the Device Manager and select Scan for hardware changes and then Install or Update the driver. This happens all the time when no floppy disks are inserted in the floppy disk drive. And the floppy disk drive's magnetic head seems to move as it does a short noise every second or so when no floppy disks are inserted. The floppy drive works well itself, it can read and write floppy disks.īut some process seem to constantly "check" the floppy disk drive as its usage LED indicator is always on even if no floppy disks are inserted. The adapter name shown in the BIOS/UEFI is TEAC USB UF000x, the name shown by udisks -show-info is TEACV0.0. I'm trying to mount a 3.5'' 1.44MB floppy disk drive in a modern computer via a 34 pins floppy disk drive connector to external male USB adapter. I'm currently running under Linux Mint 17.3 Cinnamon 64-bit. Internal floppy drive connected via USB constantly being in use when no floppy disks are inserted Internal floppy disk drive connected via USB constantly being in use when no floppy disks are inserted Internal floppy disk drive connected via USB constantly checking for floppy disk
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