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On Fri, 22 Aug 2025 11:22:58 +0100, The Natural Philosopher
<tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote in <1089ge2$1fvl9$8@dont-email.me>:

> On 21/08/2025 23:43, Carlos E.R. wrote:
> 
>> I wonder how Linux implemented the floppy routines, though. At some
>> point, someone had to write floppy handling code that worked on any PC,
>> CPU and speed.
>> 
> I am not sure that linux supports any more than the obvious 5 1/4" and
> 3.5" media. Maybe 8" as well.

I looked at the relevant table in drivers/block/floppy.c, and it
appears to not support 8", just 3.5" and 5 1/4".

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