Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [RFC] x86 ELF bootable kernels/Linux booting Linux/LinuxBIOS | Date | Mon, 4 Feb 2002 20:51:53 +0000 (GMT) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> > A floppy disk is 1.44 MB. > > Yes floppies are small. The nice thing is that there are only 2 or 3 > floppy drivers in the kernel so it is not hard to include access to > the primary boot medium.
Big problems are:
- Floppies are fast becoming optional - USB floppies requires the entire USB and hotplug layer - USB floppies require the scsi layer which is not small either - Libretto style non USB/Cardbus PCMCIA floppies are not supported - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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