Re: 1,72 MB floppy disk; bugs report

From: Gerhard Thimm (gthimm@zbw.ch)
Date: Tue May 25 1999 - 12:56:44 CEST


Nicola Ambrosetti schrieb:
>
> Why you didn't use a dos compatible 1,72 MB floppy disk for µlinux like DMF
> (used by WinNT & Win95 installation diskettes) ?

Remember, linux/GNU is really free, you never have to pay for it. And
you always can get the source for it.
(Ok, there are some people, who don't like sourcescodes, compilers,
scripting and so on)
In linux /dev/fd0H1722 is a standard-device-driver. bye the way, there
are drivers for nearly 2MB-disks :-)

> You can make this floppies by WinNT or by freeware programs like

But this is $$$-ware or SHARE-ware, NOT freeware!!!!!!!!!

> http://www.winimage.com/

Thanks for the link

Gerhard



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