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Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 19:51:26 -0500 (CDT)
From: Eduardo Viruena Silva <mrspock@esfm.ipn.mx>
To: Andrew Thomson <ajthomson@optushome.com.au>
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Subject: Re: intel desktop board and floppy drive
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On Tue, 15 Apr 2003, Andrew Thomson wrote:

> good to hear i'm not alone! ;)
>
> yes, i still have this problem. I had the standard comments:
>
> change the floppy, change the drive, check the cable etc..
>
> However like you, they are not the cause of the problem.
>
> For the record, I'm actually running gentoo on this box now and the
> floppy is working fine.

WHAT?????

what did you do?
how did you fix it?
did  gentoo  had something to do with it?

If memory serves, gentoo is a file manager, isn't it?

		Eduardo.
--
sometimes I think some "daemons" have nothing to do and they
spend their time making jokes to the mortals.