listreader composed on 2017-12-14 21:51 (UTC-0600):
May or may not be available / practical to you but: I have one old machine still with a floppy and had that spin-up issue. The machine is an old HP and there is an option in the BIOS to 'hide (device) from OS'. The floppy was one of those 'device' options. 'Hiding' the floppy from the OS solved the problem. Of course, if I need the floppy I need to reboot and re-enable in the BIOS but that is not a frequent problem, to say the least.
I started doing that on several machines when in TW@13.2 I discovered this: https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=916773 "unexpected fd0/floppy messages on tty[1-6]" -- "Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom. Whatever else you get, get wisdom." Proverbs 4:7 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org