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Re: what to do with hppa?



On Sun, 3 Nov 2002, Matthew Wilcox wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 04, 2002 at 12:05:43AM +0100, Jonas Meurer wrote:
> > Mh, I have no floppy drive for my 712/60. But the whole machine has many
> > pc-like things, like PS/2, RJ-45, ... and there is a normal floppy
> > controller on the mainboard. Does a normal floppy drive work in the
> > 712/60, or do I need a special one? And if, where can I get one?
> 
> actually, the floppy controller doesn't work yet.  documentation's
> available but no-one's felt much urgency to get it working... you said
> kernel hacking wasn't something you were interested in though.
> 
> debian-installer is also intended to enable net installs and cdrom
> installs, so a working floppy drive is not required to help with that.

However, floppy support would still be appreciated. :)

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