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Date:      Tue, 12 Nov 2013 17:08:21 -0800
From:      Michael Dexter <editor@callfortesting.org>
To:        "Abhishek Gupta (LIS)" <abgupta@microsoft.com>
Cc:        "freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org" <freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Use of Floppy Drive with FreeBSD Virtual Machines
Message-ID:  <5282D105.7000804@callfortesting.org>
In-Reply-To: <c1acdfa9ee254fd3956451f2f3c83bb6@BL2PR03MB210.namprd03.prod.outlook.com>
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On 11/12/13 1:07 PM, Abhishek Gupta (LIS) wrote:
> Thanks for the response Michael! I understand now. Just wanted to let
> you know that Hyper-V Gen2 VMs do not have a virtual FDD.

On the topic of passing a virtual FDD to a VM for a passed-through PCI*
card BIOS update, a bhyve developer wrote:

"Strictly speaking, it depends on the device: some can
restart with a function-level reset, but more than likely they would
require a power-cycle, and most systems don't provide the ability to
power-cycle an individual card."

Michael



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