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From: Andrew Thomson <ajthomson@optushome.com.au>
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hehe.. no.. gentoo is an alternative linux distro.. (www.gentoo.org)

so as far as I'm concerned, these floppy controllers still don't work
under fbsd.

ajt.

On Mon, Apr 14, 2003 at 07:51:26PM -0500, Eduardo Viruena Silva wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Apr 2003, Andrew Thomson wrote:
> 
> > good to hear i'm not alone! ;)
> >
> > yes, i still have this problem. I had the standard comments:
> >
> > change the floppy, change the drive, check the cable etc..
> >
> > However like you, they are not the cause of the problem.
> >
> > For the record, I'm actually running gentoo on this box now and the
> > floppy is working fine.
> 
> WHAT?????
> 
> what did you do?
> how did you fix it?
> did  gentoo  had something to do with it?
> 
> If memory serves, gentoo is a file manager, isn't it?
> 
> 		Eduardo.
> --
> sometimes I think some "daemons" have nothing to do and they
> spend their time making jokes to the mortals.
> 
>