linux-kernel - Re: floppy.ko

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Message-ID: <4624CECD.2070805@zytor.com>
Date:	Tue, 17 Apr 2007 06:42:37 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@...il.com>
CC:	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Alain.Knaff@...oxes.com
Subject: Re: floppy.ko

Gene Heskett wrote:
> 
> I have the usual fd0, a 3.5" 1.44 drive, and fd1, a 5.25" 720k drive in this 
> machine, both are enabled in the bios with the correct types being set there.
> 

A 5.25" 720k drive?!  That's not a PC standard drive -- 5.25" came in 
180K, 360K and 1200K varieties, whereas 3.5" came in 720K, 1440K and 
2880K varieties (not including superfloppies.)

	-hpa

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