Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2020 18:34:15 +0200 From: Tomasz CEDRO <tomek@cedro.info> To: Don Wilde <dwilde1@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, Christoph Kukulies <kuku@kukulies.org>, "Steve O'Hara-Smith" <steve@sohara.org> Subject: Re: 5.25" Floppy disk drive not recognized Message-ID: <CAM8r67CddPkGcuVp6qniGEUTdCK2NfEiOOrEuNqzrQkXNYzuBg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4db32149-6ddb-e70f-c36a-a2acc8bc0e9c@gmail.com> References: <46FFA8F9-90AA-42DE-8E8B-CA4383CA7AC6@kukulies.org> <20200814101021.c71f6c23768a5bef685739fe@sohara.org> <20200814071030.3f319e5a@scorpio.seibercom.net> <76A64DE1-B61B-405E-A623-C886819E1977@kukulies.org> <20200814151509.0feef428f3692a1d9a2bb39a@sohara.org> <CAM8r67A8896GM4fsTe-yQnkmz-MCKS0=fN7BwnGF4iixqA4=NA@mail.gmail.com> <4db32149-6ddb-e70f-c36a-a2acc8bc0e9c@gmail.com>
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On Fri, Aug 14, 2020 at 6:14 PM Don Wilde wrote: > On 8/14/20 8:45 AM, Tomasz CEDRO wrote: > > Is floppy drive still available? Was it supposed to be removed..? > It's still in the GENERIC kernel configuration. Disk Doctors, if you > have one local, should be able to tell you whether the diskette itself > is readable and formatted. Good news, thank you :-) There was a discussion somewhere around 2017 to remove it.. I am glad floppies are still here and will stay here :-) I am fan of retro computers and this may come handy :-) https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-arch/2017-December/018681.html -- CeDeROM, SQ7MHZ, http://www.tomek.cedro.info
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