id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,component,version,resolution,keywords,cc,guest,host 15581,VirtualBox v5.0 fails on Linux v4.6 kernel host with floppy drive attached,dinosaur0,,"When I start VirtualBox (currently v5.0.24) on a Linux v4.6 system running on a computer with a floppy drive fitted (yes, I know, it's becoming rare, but I need floppy for file exchanges with my old computers), VirtualBox fails to start Windows guests if the floppy drive is empty or contains a write-protected floppy disk. Here are VirtualBox's reports: 1.- No floppy disk in drive: {{{ The floppy controller cannot attach to the floppy drive (VERR_DEV_IO_ERROR). Code d'erreur : NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005) Composant : ConsoleWrap Interface : IConsole {872da645-4a9b-1727-bee2-5585105b9eed} }}} and in /var/log/messages: {{{ Jul 7 14:42:58 localhost klogd: blk_update_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0 Jul 7 14:42:58 localhost klogd: floppy: error -5 while reading block 0 Jul 7 14:42:58 localhost klogd: blk_update_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0 Jul 7 14:42:58 localhost klogd: floppy: error -5 while reading block 0 Jul 7 14:42:58 localhost klogd: vboxdrv: ffffffffa0dbe020 VMMR0.r0 Jul 7 14:42:58 localhost klogd: vboxdrv: ffffffffa0071020 VBoxDDR0.r0 Jul 7 14:42:58 localhost klogd: vboxdrv: ffffffffa0002020 VBoxDD2R0.r0 Jul 7 14:42:58 localhost klogd: blk_update_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0 Jul 7 14:42:58 localhost klogd: floppy: error -5 while reading block 0 Jul 7 14:42:58 localhost klogd: blk_update_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0 Jul 7 14:42:58 localhost klogd: floppy: error -5 while reading block 0 }}} 2.- Write-protected floppy disk in drive: {{{ The floppy controller cannot attach to the floppy drive (VERR_WRITE_PROTECT). Code d'erreur : NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005) Composant : ConsoleWrap Interface : IConsole {872da645-4a9b-1727-bee2-5585105b9eed} }}} I'm also attaching the log for a failed start of a Windows 7 guest session, with no floppy disk in drive. This issue doesn't happen with older kernels (OK at least up to Linux kernel v4.1).",defect,new,host support,VirtualBox 5.0.24,,floppy drive linux kernel v4.6,,Windows,Linux