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Karl Larsen
k5di at zianet.com
Tue Nov 25 22:27:04 UTC 2008
steve wrote:
> elmo wrote:
>
>> 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
>>>>
>>>> Type gfloppy
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>>> I did not know that. And it works, if only I had a floppy drive :-)
>>>
>>> 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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