[CentOS] Re: New System Build

Wed Mar 14 04:34:47 UTC 2007
Akemi Yagi <amyagi at gmail.com>

On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 14:44:07 +1300, MrKiwi wrote:

> John Summerfield wrote:
>> Jim Perrin wrote:
>>>
>>> As for sanity..... Floppy: Sony MPF920-Z-121 ? wtf?
>>>
>>> Other than a bios upgrade, when was the last time you looked at a
>>> floppy?
>> 
>> If I need a floppy for that, I usually burn it to CD. But I was looking
>> for one a few weeks ago.
>> 
> Exactly John - data i have collected from personal experience; How long my
> machines have each had a floppy drive (in the past) : ~12y
> Number of times i've needed on: ~12
> 
> How long my new machines have all been floppy-less: ~5 weeks Number of
> times i've needed one since then: 4

Floppy conversation on the Linux kernel mailing list:

http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/2/6/138

Akemi