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Re: i386 floppy status



On Wednesday 09 July 2008, you wrote:
> 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...  (-:

VirtualBox i386 emulator...
Any affordable virtual cleaning kits around?

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