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From: mycroft@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Charles Hannum)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Floppy driver limitations
Date: 28 Feb 1993 17:53:43 GMT
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In article <C2znps.9uo@cs.mcgill.ca> fox@cs.mcgill.ca (Colin BRADLEY)
writes:
>
> Can't format, huh? That kinda sucks - I was under the impression that
> it could, although I don't know how, exactly....
>
> Anybody confirm/deny?

I can confirm it.  The current floppy driver is a horrible piece of
junk.

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