Linux-kernel mailing list archive 1998-31,: Re: Does linux support 8-sector floppies?

# Re: Does linux support 8-sector floppies?

Max Inux (maxinux@bigfoot.com)
Sat, 1 Aug 1998 23:39:53 -0700 (PWT)

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Dare I say it, RTFM, there is a HOWTO about it.. atleast there used to
be...

Billy

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On Sun, 2 Aug 1998, Trevor Johnson wrote:

>> Is this a bug or does Linux just not support 8-sector floppies?
>
>It doesn't as shipped but you could likely make it by either adding the
>parameters to floppy_type[] in floppy.c or by running setfdprm(8) with
>them.
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