I found a partial workaround to this problem:
The solution has been tested under Ubuntu 14.04 and should work also on
more recent versions of Ubuntu.
This solution works only for the cheap Teac USB floppy controllers (for
other usb controllers you will maybe have to adapt the solution
yourself):
In the terminal simply type lsscsi (if it's not installed type sudo apt-
get install lsscsi):
Output: [6:0:0:0] disk TEAC USB UF000x 0.00
If you don't see TEAC and USB UF000x when the floppy drive is connected,
this solution is not for you.
Create this file with administrative privileges :
/etc/udev/rules.d/00-teacfloppy.rules
Paste in this line:
ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="block", ATTR{removable}=="1",
ATTRS{idVendor}=="0644", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0000",
ATTR{events_poll_msecs}="-1"
Save and reboot.
The drive will seek for a few seconds then the motor will quickly stop.
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1456338
Title:
USB floppy drive is running without floppy
Status in systemd package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
When I connect USB floppy drive (Gembird) without floppy under Ubuntu, the
drive engine seems to be running (the floppy drive LED is on and the drive is
sounding). The same behaviour takes place if I connect the drive with a floppy
and then remove the floppy. It seems that the system accesses the drive
permanently when there is no floppy. Under Windows XP it works normally - when
there is no floppy, the LED and engine are switched off. I have tried Ubuntu
14.10 (amd64) with upstart, LXQt and KDE 5; Ubuntu 15.04 with systemd, LXQt -
the same behaviour.
If I boot using bash as init (init=/bin/bash) and connect the floppy drive
after boot, the engine is off (the normal behaviour).
lsof /dev/sdb during engine running outputs nothing.
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