Public bug reported:

Ubuntu 2.6.38-13.57-generic 2.6.38.8
Unknown floppy disk devices and partitions in /dev/.  rkhunter flags them as 
suspicious:
No hardware floppy drive connected to motherboard.  No cable plugged into 
floppy adapter.  Have not created any virtual floppy drives.


gvfs-mount -li
Volume(0): floppy0
  Type: GUnixVolume
  ids:
   unix-device: '/dev/fd0'
  themed icons:  [drive-removable-media]  [drive-removable]  [drive]
  can_mount=1
  can_eject=0
  should_automount=1

ls -la /dev/
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root            13 2012-04-05 07:15 fd -> /proc/self/fd
brw-rw----  1 root floppy      2,   0 2012-04-05 07:15 fd0
brw-rw----  1 root floppy      2,  84 2012-04-05 07:15 fd0u1040
brw-rw----  1 root floppy      2,  88 2012-04-05 07:15 fd0u1120
brw-rw----  1 root floppy      2,  28 2012-04-05 07:15 fd0u1440
brw-rw----  1 root floppy      2, 124 2012-04-05 07:15 fd0u1600
brw-rw----  1 root floppy      2,  44 2012-04-05 07:15 fd0u1680
brw-rw----  1 root floppy      2,  60 2012-04-05 07:15 fd0u1722
brw-rw----  1 root floppy      2,  76 2012-04-05 07:15 fd0u1743
brw-rw----  1 root floppy      2,  96 2012-04-05 07:15 fd0u1760
brw-rw----  1 root floppy      2, 116 2012-04-05 07:15 fd0u1840
brw-rw----  1 root floppy      2, 100 2012-04-05 07:15 fd0u1920
brw-rw----  1 root floppy      2,  12 2012-04-05 07:15 fd0u360
brw-rw----  1 root floppy      2,  16 2012-04-05 07:15 fd0u720
brw-rw----  1 root floppy      2, 120 2012-04-05 07:15 fd0u800
brw-rw----  1 root floppy      2,  52 2012-04-05 07:15 fd0u820
brw-rw----  1 root floppy      2,  68 2012-04-05 07:15 fd0u830

** Affects: linux (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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