Hi, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de> (2023-01-18): > On 1/18/23 15:28, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > > While working on extending firmware support, I've stumbled upon floppy > > support in various components. Even if the maintenance costs are low, I > > suppose this could go away nowadays? > > Not sure. It depends on whether it can still be useful for loading a kernel > for network booting. > > Can we get an overview what floppy support includes? If it's just a few files, > I'm inclined to keep it for now and I'm also happy to care of it in case it > needs some love. Could you give a few more details about that “loading a kernel for network booting” scenario? What I'm looking at is debian-installer searching and finding files (itself, d-i components, firmware packages, etc.) on floppies… Cheers, -- Cyril Brulebois (kibi@debian.org) <https://debamax.com/> D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant
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