Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 23:23:07 -0700 From: Nate Lawson <nate@root.org> To: Bruce M Simpson <bms@spc.org> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/fdformat fdformat.csrc/usr.sbin/fdread fdutil.c Message-ID: <414FC8CB.1030802@root.org> In-Reply-To: <20040921060737.GA842@empiric.icir.org> References: <200409181740.i8IHeq5V040496@repoman.freebsd.org> <20040918175743.GI6019@empiric.icir.org> <xzphdpvjkkl.fsf@dwp.des.no> <20040921060737.GA842@empiric.icir.org>
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Bruce M Simpson wrote: > On Sun, Sep 19, 2004 at 12:09:30AM +0200, Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: >>Bruce M Simpson <bms@spc.org> writes: >>>Has anyone else noticed that we can't fdformat(8) USB floppy drives? > > Users who migrate from Windows or even Linux will be asking "Why can't I > format a disk in my USB floppy drive in FreeBSD?" and I'd really rather we > didn't fob them off with "No, switch to USB memory sticks instead", as such > an answer is just going to alienate new or prospective users of the system. > > So, once again: has anyone else noticed this gap in the system's expected > functionality? And that, kids, is how BMS got into USB maintainership. -Nate
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