Ok . There still is a problem even in 2.4.4-ac10 with IDE FLoppy . Here is what i did and errors i got . [root@m /mnt]# mount /dev/hdd4 /mnt/zip ide-floppy: hdd: I/O error, pc = 5a, key = 5, asc = 24, ascq = 0 ide-floppy: hdd: I/O error, pc = 5a, key = 5, asc = 24, ascq = 0 [root@m /mnt]# mkdir /mnt/zip/test [root@m /mnt]# sync ( at this point system seems to freeze, but after aprox 1 minute it recovers ) hdd: lost interrupt ide-floppy: CoD != 0 in idefloppy_pc_intr hdd: ATAPI reset complete [root@m /mnt]# This is my system configuration: [root@m /mnt]# uname -a Linux m 2.4.4-ac10 #1 Fri May 18 00:40:46 EEST 2001 i686 unknown May 18 00:53:41 m kernel: ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx May 18 00:53:41 m kernel: VP_IDE: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 39 May 18 00:53:41 m kernel: VP_IDE: chipset revision 6 May 18 00:53:41 m kernel: VP_IDE: not 100%% native mode: will probe irqs later May 18 00:53:41 m kernel: ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx May 18 00:53:41 m kernel: VP_IDE: VIA vt82c686b (rev 40) IDE UDMA100 controller on pci00:07.1 May 18 00:53:41 m kernel: ide0: BM-DMA at 0xd000-0xd007, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio May 18 00:53:41 m kernel: ide1: BM-DMA at 0xd008-0xd00f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:pio May 18 00:53:41 m kernel: hda: IBM-DTLA-307030, ATA DISK drive May 18 00:53:41 m kernel: hdc: Pioneer DVD-ROM ATAPIModel DVD-114 0124, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive May 18 00:53:41 m kernel: hdd: IOMEGA ZIP 100 ATAPI, ATAPI FLOPPY drive May 18 00:53:41 m kernel: ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 May 18 00:53:41 m kernel: ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15 May 18 00:53:41 m kernel: hda: 60036480 sectors (30739 MB) w/1916KiB Cache, CHS=29314/64/32, UDMA(100) May 18 00:53:41 m kernel: hdc: ATAPI DVD-ROM drive, 512kB Cache, UDMA(33) May 18 00:53:41 m kernel: Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.12 May 18 00:53:41 m kernel: hdd: 98304kB, 196608 blocks, 512 sector size, May 18 00:53:41 m kernel: hdd: 98304kB, 96/64/32 CHS, 4096 kBps, 512 sector size, 2941 rpm May 18 00:53:41 m kernel: ide-floppy: hdd: I/O error, pc = 5a, key = 5, asc = 24, ascq = 0 Do you have any suggestions ? -- TFM Group Romania , Linux division Mihai Moldovanu - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
