Re: USB Floppy drive compatibility?
On 25 Jun 2003, Jamin W. Collins wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 03:35:18PM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote:
> > I'm considering replacing the broken floppy drive on my Toshiba
> > Satellite 4000 with a USB FDD. USB is working on this machine for
> > scanner and downloading camera pictures. Can I assume it will also
> > work for the drive? Experience, anyone?
>
> I've was using USB floppy drives for a while with little to no problem
> under Linux. The main concern is whether your system's BIOS will
> support booting from it (that is if you need that functionality).
> Recently, I've stopped putting floppy drives (of any kind) into any of
> my new systems.
>
> --
> Jamin W. Collins
Thanks for the reply. I know a lot of people are giving up on floppies
but I don't have any other easy method of putting files into my
notebook. But I don't need to boot from floppy.
AC
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