2008/10/29 Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer@gmail.com>:
I bet they are using a Windows Tool to write a full dos floppy image to the floppy. I've seen that before.
If so, the file they are copying should be about 1.44 MB
In Linux, to put that on floppy its just:
dd if=floppy-image-file of=/dev/floppy bs=512
Just like my ISP does not "support" Linux, I know that what I need can be done anyway. That's not the point. The point is that a hard drive manufacturer, who's hardware will no doubt be used in Linux servers, does not acknowledge that Linux exists. And if you _do_ format the floppy in Linux and the update borks, guess who eats the drive? Printer manufacturers and webcam manufacturers who are selling to desktop computers can ignore Linux and it's 2% market share. Hard drive manufacturers who want a slice of the server market, cannot. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת ä-ö-ü-ß-Ä-Ö-Ü N�����r��y隊Z)z{.�ﮞ˛���m�)z{.��+�Z+i�b�*'jW(�f�vǦj)h���Ǿ��i����� ��