No floppy device in FC5

Dave Mitchell davem at iabyn.com
Mon Jun 12 19:01:23 UTC 2006


On Mon, Jun 12, 2006 at 07:33:14PM +0200, nigel henry wrote:
> Well I can't say that I'm too happy about the way that FC5 is handling 
> removable devices. Each time I load a CDROM. or a DVDROM, I get boxes 
> opening, winging about what do I want to do with it. Just tried a floppy, and 
> I get absolutely nothing.

It's been ages since I've messed with floppies, but I seem to recall that
traditionally the floppy drive hardware was incapable of alerting the OS
to the addition or removal of media.

-- 
A major Starfleet emergency breaks out near the Enterprise, but
fortunately some other ships in the area are able to deal with it to
everyone's satisfaction.
    -- Things That Never Happen in "Star Trek" #13




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