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[steve]

elmo wrote:
> Karl Larsen wrote:
>> Leif Gregory wrote:
>>   
>>> On Wed, 26 Nov 2008 05:00:18 +1300
>>> "Allan White" <mukiduk at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>   
>>>     
>>>> How do I format a floppy disk in Ubuntu 8.10
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>> Hit ALT-F2
>>>
>>> Type gfloppy
>>>
>>>   
>>>     
>>     I did not know that. And it works, if only I had a floppy drive :-)
>>
>> Karl
>>
>>
>>   
> External floppy drives are available.   Mine works fine in ubuntu.
> 
> elmo
> 
> 
ok, this thread peaked my curiosity.  other than maybe having an ancient
floppy around with data you may need to recover.... what is a floppys
purpose anymore?  I remember using them in high school on IIc's,.....
...never mind now Im dating myself...., anyway, just curious.





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