On Wed, 2003-04-30 at 04:40, Ben Collins wrote: > > Bottom line: no floppy on ultralinux, no conversion :( > > For god sakes, man. Force these people into the 21st century. We have > LAN's and email for file swapping. I can't think of one good reason to > have floppies. Use CDR's instead if you need storage.
Nostalgia? CDRs would be especially nice if there were some kind of file at a time mode. (Isn't something like "packet writing" and UDF supposed to handle that?) Another option is using a USB dongle. Much bigger than a floppy, much faster than a floppy, and fits in your pocket. (Unfortunately, only my work box has a USB connector in front.) I personally use the net and/or a laptop. Anything I'd hesitate before pushing over the net wouldn't fit on a floppy. I have used floppies in the last few years, but only for one of two things: debian boot floppies and grub - and that can easily be done with CD. Anyways, to answer Michael's other post: The floppy drive is hanging off the ISA bus, which I think makes it a little trickier to talk to, and I don't think anyone cares enough to make it work. Steve [EMAIL PROTECTED]
