From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG  Sun Feb 10 13:21:34 2013
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org
 [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1])
 by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8FD7F6B3
 for <current@freebsd.org>; Sun, 10 Feb 2013 13:21:34 +0000 (UTC)
 (envelope-from phk@phk.freebsd.dk)
Received: from phk.freebsd.dk (phk.freebsd.dk [130.225.244.222])
 by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5826ED02
 for <current@freebsd.org>; Sun, 10 Feb 2013 13:21:34 +0000 (UTC)
Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (critter.freebsd.dk [192.168.61.3])
 by phk.freebsd.dk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2BC1A8A521;
 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 13:21:33 +0000 (UTC)
Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (localhost [127.0.0.1])
 by critter.freebsd.dk (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id r1ADLWg3080364;
 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 13:21:33 GMT (envelope-from phk@phk.freebsd.dk)
To: Fbsd8 <fbsd8@a1poweruser.com>
Subject: Re: Time to kill fdc ?
In-reply-to: <5117927C.8090204@a1poweruser.com>
From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
References: <79955.1360494404@critter.freebsd.dk>
 <5117927C.8090204@a1poweruser.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2013 13:21:32 +0000
Message-ID: <80363.1360502492@critter.freebsd.dk>
Cc: current@freebsd.org
X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14
Precedence: list
List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current
 <freebsd-current.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/options/freebsd-current>, 
 <mailto:freebsd-current-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-current-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current>,
 <mailto:freebsd-current-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2013 13:21:34 -0000

Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
--------
In message <5117927C.8090204@a1poweruser.com>, Fbsd8 writes:

>Floppy drive support was removed from Freebsd around release 7.0 I 
>think. Read the release-notes for 6.0, 7.0 and 8.0 to determine when it 
>happened.

I think you are confusing "installing from floppies" with "has a
device-driver for floppies"

-- 
Poul-Henning Kamp       | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20
phk@FreeBSD.ORG         | TCP/IP since RFC 956
FreeBSD committer       | BSD since 4.3-tahoe    
Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.