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[Karl Larsen]

steve wrote:
> elmo wrote:
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>> Karl Larsen wrote:
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>>> Leif Gregory wrote:
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>>>> On Wed, 26 Nov 2008 05:00:18 +1300
>>>> "Allan White" <mukiduk at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>>> How do I format a floppy disk in Ubuntu 8.10
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>>>> Hit ALT-F2
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>>>> Type gfloppy
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>>>     I did not know that. And it works, if only I had a floppy drive :-)
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>>> Karl
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>> External floppy drives are available.   Mine works fine in ubuntu.
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>> elmo
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> 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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    A Google search finds a USB to Floppy Drive for $20.00 with free 
shipping.

Karl


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