From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 24 07:28:04 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5C7816A4CE for ; Wed, 24 Dec 2003 07:28:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from dan.emsphone.com (dan.emsphone.com [199.67.51.101]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A09DE43D5A for ; Wed, 24 Dec 2003 07:28:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dan@dan.emsphone.com) Received: (from dan@localhost) by dan.emsphone.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) id hBOFS3Li037381; Wed, 24 Dec 2003 09:28:03 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dan) Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2003 09:28:03 -0600 From: Dan Nelson To: supraexpress@globaleyes.net Message-ID: <20031224152802.GF2890@dan.emsphone.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-OS: FreeBSD 5.2-CURRENT X-message-flag: Outlook Error User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1i cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Plans for 5.3 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2003 15:28:04 -0000 In the last episode (Dec 24), supraexpress@globaleyes.net said: > > This mostly sums up what remains on the 5-STABLE roadmap. If there > > are any new items that I've forgotten, please let me know. A > > detailed 5.3 TODO list will be published on the website once 5.2 is > > out the door. I welcome open discussion on all of this. > > Please add/fix floppy disk (fdc0) support so I can "share" files > between multiple systems on the same physical box (where the > filesystems are/may be incompatible), create BIOS update diskettes > for each/any system directly, and "share" files between multiple > machines where the floppy is the Least (Most?) Common Denominator and > network connectivity is not available. Thank you. Floppy drives work fine in 5.2. There may be an issue with your motherboard or something, but I've used floppies on lots of 5.2 systems with no problems. Send a post to -questions or -current detailing your problem. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com