Same problem here. In fact port 03f2 is in use (sort of) in floppy.c the kernel tries to allocate some data (4) starting in 03f2, and the 03f3-03f3 : pnp 00:07 is the culprit. In the floppy.c just after the failed allocation is a whining about ADAPTEC. I use an ADAPTEC AHA-2940U SCSI adapter, perhaps there is some relation ? Michel.