diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index b246f1279..c0ae04f9d 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2005-03-10  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* path.cc (is_floppy): New function.
+	(setmntent): Drop floppy drives on A: and B: from logical drive DWORD.
+	* syscalls.cc (sync): Don't sync floppies on A: and B:.
+
 2005-03-10  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@timesys.com>
 
 	* autoload.cc (LoadDLLprime): Use nocopy segment or forked processes
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/path.cc b/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
index 31f646e5b..151c8ea82 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
@@ -2472,11 +2472,26 @@ cygwin_umount (const char *path, unsigned flags)
   return res;
 }
 
+static bool
+is_floppy (const char *dos)
+{
+  char dev[256];
+  if (!QueryDosDevice (dos, dev, 256))
+    return false;
+  return strncasematch (dev, "\\Device\\Floppy", 14)
+  	 || strcasematch (dev, "A:");
+}
+
 extern "C" FILE *
 setmntent (const char *filep, const char *)
 {
   _my_tls.locals.iteration = 0;
   _my_tls.locals.available_drives = GetLogicalDrives ();
+  /* Filter floppy drives on A: and B: */
+  if ((_my_tls.locals.available_drives & 1) && is_floppy ("A:"))
+    _my_tls.locals.available_drives &= ~1;
+  if ((_my_tls.locals.available_drives & 2) && is_floppy ("B:"))
+    _my_tls.locals.available_drives &= ~2;
   return (FILE *) filep;
 }
 
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc b/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc
index 180a2e808..b2375e650 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc
@@ -964,11 +964,14 @@ sync ()
     }
   else if (wincap.is_winnt ())	/* 9x has no concept for opening volumes */
     {
-      DWORD drives = GetLogicalDrives ();
+      extern FILE *setmntent (const char *, const char *);
+      setmntent ("", "");
+      DWORD drives = _my_tls.locals.available_drives;
       DWORD mask = 1;
       strcpy (vol, "\\\\.\\A:");
       do
         {
+	  /* Geeh.  Try to sync only non-floppy drives. */
 	  if (drives & mask)
 	    {
 	      debug_printf ("Try volume %s", vol);