I don't know; one keeps hearing floppies disparaged. However, i did several installs using root, rescue, base, and driver floppies because I was using speakup-enabled disks and didn't have a cd burner. I never ever had one single problem doing this (this was with potato). Yes, floppies can fail, but I don't think they are as notoriously terrible as some people seem to think. I've had floppies that held their data for years and years; I've had a few that failed of course, but proportionately it hasn't been bad. Sometimes, floppy drives need cleaning. I usually make two floppies of any program or installation type, and if one fails I immeediately make a new one from the original not copying from the other floppy. If somebody has constant problems with floppies failing, I'd start checking my floppy drive, the type of floppies you are buying, or the program itself. You also need to take good care of your floppies; keep them in a closed clean container and don't handle them needlessly. Sorry, but I don't think floppies deserve the bad rap some people want to give them; they've gotten me out of many a tight situation.
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