Re: Bug#31450: boot-floppies 2.1.4 fails to build for m68k
Adam Di Carlo wrote:
> > Amiga: floppies are supported by Linux but not available for
> > installation. (and we don't make the required MSDOS floppy devices
> > for the ramdisk anyway).
>
> Why is this? Is it a bug? Or is floppy support in the 2.0 kernels
> just broken for Amiga? Anyhow, I've noted it.
My dim recollection from discussions on the various m68k lists: Amiga
floppy drives are notoriously unreliable at least when writing/reading
DOS format, I've heard of bad sectors hanging the kernel, stuff like
that. There is functional floppy support but people had bad experiences
with floppies.
Another reason is that not all Amigas have HD format capable floppies
I think.
> > Mac: Floppies aren't supported by the kernel either, so everything
> > possible is supported again.
>
> Here's what I put:
>
> Pretty much all storage systems supported by the Linux kernel are
> supported by the Debian installation system. Note that the current
> Linux kernel does not support floppies on the Macintosh at all, and
> the Debian installation system doesn't support floppies for Amigas.
> Again, see the <url id="&url-m68k-faq;" name="Linux/m68k FAQ"> for
> complete details on supported hardware.
Sounds good to me.
Michael
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