On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 19:12:03 +0000 Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Monday 17 Nov 2003 7:00 pm, Pierre Fortin wrote: > > Just had a problem where I couldn't write to a floppy -- tried a > > number of things without luck, and google threads I read indicated > > "hardware problems" from those answering; but the OPs did not > > believe that since their floppy works under other OSs... I dug > > some more and found a workaround which simply involves > > rmmod/modprobe floppy... > > > > http://bugs.mandrakelinux.com/query.php?bug=98 > > > > HTHSomeoneElseAvoidTheHassles > > You know what I'm going to say, don't you Pierre? It should be on the > TWiki under HardwareIssues. Pretty please? Well... this is not a h/w issue per se... Actually, I think this should be in a WorkArounds section wherein all the entries are noted to be just that: "workarounds".... they are only intended to be used until the root problem is fixed -- in this case, the floppy module, or maybe the kernel itself... This is not a permanent fix. Haven't visited the Twiki in a few weeks; but I'll have a look RSN...
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