Plans for 5.3

Dan Nelson dnelson at allantgroup.com
Wed Dec 24 07:28:04 PST 2003


In the last episode (Dec 24), supraexpress at globaleyes.net said:
> > This mostly sums up what remains on the 5-STABLE roadmap.  If there
> > are any new items that I've forgotten, please let me know.  A
> > detailed 5.3 TODO list will be published on the website once 5.2 is
> > out the door.  I welcome open discussion on all of this.
> 
> Please add/fix floppy disk (fdc0) support so I can "share" files
> between multiple systems on the same physical box (where the
> filesystems are/may be incompatible), create BIOS update diskettes
> for each/any system directly, and "share" files between multiple
> machines where the floppy is the Least (Most?) Common Denominator and
> network connectivity is not available. Thank you.

Floppy drives work fine in 5.2.  There may be an issue with your
motherboard or something, but I've used floppies on lots of 5.2 systems
with no problems.  Send a post to -questions or -current detailing your
problem.

-- 
	Dan Nelson
	dnelson at allantgroup.com


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