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- From: zlsiial@uts.mcc.ac.uk (A. V. Le Blanc)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: Can't fdformat
- Message-ID: <5512@mccuts.uts.mcc.ac.uk>
- Date: 13 Aug 92 07:11:39 GMT
- References: <1992Aug10.155730.4169@eua.ericsson.se> <1992Aug12.044400.590@pool.info.sunyit.edu>
- Reply-To: LeBlanc@mcc.ac.uk (A. V. Le Blanc)
- Organization: Computing Centre, University of Manchester
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- In article <1992Aug12.044400.590@pool.info.sunyit.edu> ujlh@pool.info.sunyit.edu (James Henrickson) writes:
- >I've got a question. Will we always have at0, or will that eventually
- >be dropped in favor of autodetecting with fd0?
-
- There are three points here:
-
- (1) The name 'at0' is very obsolete; get rid of it, or if you wish to have
- it on your own system out of sentimental reasons, please don't use
- it in messages which are read by innocent, confusable novices.
- No flame is intended.
-
- (2) Autodetecting will probably never do everything; autodetecting with
- setfdparms can do just about everything now, assuming your CMOS is
- se up correctly.
-
- (3) The operating system will probably continue to support fd devices
- other than fd0 and fd1 for some time, unless Linus decides to
- clean it all out with space-saving efficiency.
-
- -- Owen
- LeBlanc@mcc.ac.uk
-