Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 14 Nov 2001 07:24:35 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 14 Nov 2001 07:24:25 -0500 Received: from delta.ds2.pg.gda.pl ([213.192.72.1]:21482 "EHLO delta.ds2.pg.gda.pl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 14 Nov 2001 07:24:12 -0500 Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 13:20:37 +0100 (MET) From: "Maciej W. Rozycki" To: Gerhard Mack cc: "H. Peter Anvin" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: fdutils. In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Organization: Technical University of Gdansk MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 13 Nov 2001, Gerhard Mack wrote: > > You only confirm what I wrote -- hardly anyone uses floppies, so there is > > no need to keep mechanical compatibility in devices -- a complete dump of > > 1.44" FD support would be almost harmless. Hence whether a Zip or a > > LS-120 -- it doesn't really matter. You need new media anyway. > > What an interesting thing to be reading as I'm reinstalling linux on a > server using a combination of boot/root floppies and a network install. Or a single Zip, LS-120, etc. medium... Is that worse? > Are you that clueless on purpose? I hope not... -- + Maciej W. Rozycki, Technical University of Gdansk, Poland + +--------------------------------------------------------------+ + e-mail: macro@ds2.pg.gda.pl, PGP key available + - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/