Hi Dario
I have a P4 with linux SO and me reader of 5 1/4 works perfectly
the only thing that I had to give turned the conectores of the cable
of the diskett in order that it take the of 3 1/2 as A (/dev/fd0) and
the of 5 1/4 as B (/dev/fd1).

Regards

N=E9stor A. Marchesini
Chajari-Entre Rios-Argentina
ICQ # 50983752 colo
MSN nestorm_des@hotmail.com
nestorm@xinet.com.ar
nestorm@deselectronica.com.ar

Dario Greggio escribi=F3:
> Hi Robert, in general I do agree with you (and it's sad) but...
>
> Robert Rolf wrote:
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>> Can you read an 8" CP/M floppy? How about a Kaypro 5" disk? 1/2" 7 track=
 magtape?
>>     =

>
> What I meant is that I always try to move my things (which do *all* fit =

> on a hard disc, since hard discs become larger and larger) to new =

> storage supports. Just to be safe.
>
> Curious is, right now I have some files on a 5 1/4 floppy that I'd like =

> to read, because I probably forgot to copy them when I let that =

> technology go, back in 1995 or so...
> I have a reader, floppies should still work, BIOS recognizes the FDD (a =

> P4 machine), but no luck :-(
>
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