Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 13:46:58 -0500 From: Vivek Khera <vivek@khera.org> To: FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 6.1BETA3 amd64 doesn't detect my floppy drive Message-ID: <3942F490-EC84-4ED8-82E4-18DB967D11C5@khera.org> In-Reply-To: <20070130175618.GB77892@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <20060306.155239.11596782.imp@bsdimp.com> <200701291659.28959.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <20070129.065748.110115339.imp@bsdimp.com> <200701301638.22343.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <20070130175618.GB77892@slackbox.xs4all.nl>
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--Apple-Mail-13-749574385 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed On Jan 30, 2007, at 12:56 PM, Roland Smith wrote: > I've built a kernel without "device fdc" on amd64 at least since > 5.4 IIRC. I > had problems with hangs when accessing the floppy drive. > > Haven't used floppies in years, don't miss them. A USB thumbdrive > holds > a lot more data anyway. I build all of my servers without CD and floppy drivers -- I configure them to build as loadable module just in case, but I've never yet had the need to load them... If I could get freebsd to install from a usb CD, i'd probably order the boxes without cd drives altogether, as it is used pretty much exactly once per life of server around here. --Apple-Mail-13-749574385--
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