That is the point, if your working on a system that needs to boot from a floppy and only a floppy, you need to ask the question: Is what I am doing worth the time and effort? I mean if your formatting a HD, just put it in a PC that you can work with. If the system is so old ( say MFM drives etc ) then unless your recovering data, that system should be recycled for metals not put back in service. There is a point a which one needs to do the right thing and console the supportee by telling them it's just "game over" time to get a new system.
My impression was that these are systems that are going to be re-deployed. Which is great, I'm all for that. But not for trying to fight a losing battle keeping 10+ year old PC's up and running. That is more time and headache that anyone should suffer through. I was referring to OpenDOS which was derived from DrDOS 7.x => http://www.drdosprojects.de/ Which is somewhat popular in the embedded space On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 1:35 PM, Chris Knadle <[email protected]>wrote: > > On Fri, March 18, 2011 12:49 pm, Joseph Apuzzo wrote: > > Don't forget DrDos 7.x that is still floppy based, but not sure which > file > > systems it can format/supports. > > Uh, DrDos was a product of Caldera, and Caldera was bought by SCO. > I used to use DrDos for a while, and I don't remember it supporting > formatting Linux filesystems, and since the SCO merger we've had the > inclusion of ext3 and ext4 both of which I'm sure DrDos won't support. > > I think the suggestion of using a Gnu/Linux LiveCD of one form or another > for partitioning + formatting partitions is a good angle for this. There > are still Linux distros you can fit on floppies, but only a Linux > "sub-kernel" can fit on a single floppy, last I recall. > > > Anyway isn't using systems that do not have a CD kinda useless? > > I mean more trouble then solution, since floppies are no longer made or > > available. > > Just trying to provide helpfully/constructive criticism. > > While I too consider the Floppy to be the "last alternative", there are > older systems that cannot boot from CD nor USB, so if you want to work > with that kind of box there is realistically no other option. > > -- Chris > > -- > > Chris Knadle > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium > Apr 6 - Introduction to IPv6 > May 4 - Inkscape > Jun 1 - Zimbra >
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