Bruno Wolff III wrote:
On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 20:36:09 +0000, "n2xssvv.g02gfr12930" n2xssvv.g02gfr12930@ntlworld.com wrote:
I've been using a floppy boot disk as reserve if my HD boot fails, But it appears floppy support as now been removed. Why? Then how can I create an emergency media that is flexible enough to be updated as required?
I haven't gotten around to filing a bug about this since I wasn't sure if it was intentional or not, but you can use: modprobe floppy to create /dev/fd0 and be able to use your floppy drive.
I filed one awhile back, don't know if it fits your issue. Before filing I did check to see the /dev/fd0 and/or the link to /dev/floppy existed. I haven't again tested recently above and beyond confirming that it wasn't working under f12 (the bug was filed under f11)