Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.comp.os.windows-11 Subject: Re: Microsoft Is Abandoning Windows 11 SE Date: 22 Aug 2025 19:23:36 GMT Lines: 19 Message-ID: References: <106mke5$1di32$1@dont-email.me> <106ukm1$35g8p$3@toylet.eternal-september.org> <106v67a$1cgol$1@news1.tnib.de> <106vfvv$3bpmd$1@toylet.eternal-september.org> <106vi4r$3c9cr$2@dont-email.me> <3ihcmlx47d.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <1070cqj$3jkmu$1@dont-email.me> <1071hu3$1idk1$1@news1.tnib.de> <9fjemlxbio.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <6jefmlxb6j.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <10884l7$173em$1@dont-email.me> <1089ge2$1fvl9$8@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net A1oRfCrs4g/EIJgHkoiTZAtK3ivsQHzqJPnLHNA9SFOxSL6R6i Cancel-Lock: sha1:cfZXYAomawJXySjbjYWnd2E9G6g= sha256:dBHc/2VGPh0lulJ4nYFECFjjbN7BQriMkLCynDnMCj4= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:71950 alt.comp.os.windows-11:22742 On 22 Aug 2025 10:47:13 GMT, vallor wrote: > On Fri, 22 Aug 2025 11:22:58 +0100, The Natural Philosopher > 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". The 50 pin cable rather than the later 34 pin might be the real killer.