linux fan wrote: > On 11/24/09, Simon Geard <delga...@ihug.co.nz> wrote: >> On Mon, 2009-11-23 at 18:29 -0600, al...@verizon.net wrote: >>> The last thing is to start a flame here; I still see a >>> need for floppies on Linux > > Agree there is a need for floppies. > I just used a floppy to boot memtest86+ which found a bad memory bank > was bugging my system. I keep at least a few boot floppies around for > the rare occasion when I totally mess everything up. And there is > sometimes an occasion to reboot to windows to sneaker a file over > there.
That works for you, but for most people, it's far easier to use a usb thumb drive with capacities in GB to do the same thing. Some very old systems do not have usb connections, but many, if not most, newer systems do not have a floppy drive. Parallel printer connections have gone away too. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
