Re: i386 floppy status

[Rick Thomas <rbthomas55@pobox.com>]

On Jul 9, 2008, at 3:05 PM, Frans Pop wrote:

> 1) Loading root floppy seems fragile
> For some reason the root floppy often fails to load, depending on  
> which
> udebs are included (i.e. probably depending on size of the initrd).
> Only sometimes a floppy suddenly works.


This sounds a lot like a dirty floppy drive.  Have you tried using a  
cleaning kit?

Of course, if this is virtual hardware...  (-:

Rick