Floppy Support

[Terry Lambert]

"Matthew D. Fuller" wrote:
> > What that probably means is separate image distributions for
> > local media booting vs. remote media booting, to keep all
> > drivers in the boot path available.
> 
> I think perhaps it /is/ time to start looking seriously at this option.
> 
> I have deep dislike for "Choose your boot floppy from these 23,456
> possibilities, each of which is guaranteed to have 95% of the drivers you
> need for your hardware, but not the other 5%" type methodology.

We all do; that's why no one has solved the problem that way yet.
8-).


> On the
> other hand, 2 or even 3 clean divisions like that could make things a lot
> easier to fit, and remain easy to use.

The biggest win has got to be "real floppy vs. BIOS-faked floppy",
I think.  You still end up with the disk drivers in everything,
though.

-- Terry