floppy drive not working on ubuntu
I am trying to get the floppy drive to work on ubuntu 8.4 harding. I know it is something in bio but i can not remember what to do to activate it. If anyone can let me know that would be great
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Take a look at this Here this is for slackware but still should apply to ubuntu. As for I'm guessing you mean bios if you've never disabled the floppy in your bios then it should be fine.
Wouldn't a jumpdrive be a better choice rather than a floppy disk? |
WTF is a jumpdrive?
if a floppy drive is installed why not use it? |
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Jumpdrive Or maybe I should have said flash drive? Edit: Quote:
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try to use a flash drive to move data to and from an old 486
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google it
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LOL I have never in my life use a flash drive. If it was to big for a Floppy then it was a CD/DVD. Sorry this post went of topic. I just wanted to say that. |
I'd use a flash drive (jump drive) over a floppy drive anyday. For one they don't go bad over time and two i've seen sizes at 128GB (and probably larger). You can use it to boot your system, transfer all types of files. movies, music, and overall is just more convenient than a floppy.
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and yes they do go bad : http://ask-leo.com/can_a_usb_thumbdrive_wear_out.html? |
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That was a very interesting post. I read your article |
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As for floppies being cheap they don't even compare to a flash drive, you can get a pack of 10 floppies for about $3.00 us dollars 3 packs will cost a little over $9.00 thats a total of 43.2mb of storage at .31 cents per 1.44mb of storage. A 2gb flash drive costs about $10.00 us dollars, thats about .005 cents per mb, so no a floppy is not cheap when you look at what your getting. To get the same amount of storage in floppy disks it would cost you a little over $400.00 dollars maybe a little cheaper if you buy packs of 50. |
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floppys started it all and are easy to work with and FYI flash drives that will last even as long as a floppy are not $10
you need to go $18+ unless you want it to break in a few weeks |
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