I boot one of my machines into RedHat 8.0, Lindows 3.0, Mandrake 8.0 and Windows 2000. I count on floppies for partition maintenance. I help folks with boot problems and other system contaminations frequently. ALL of this requires a floppy. They should continue to be available as a configuration option. I was just speaking with an associate yesterday who regularly uses a 1942 rotary phone. Don't poo-poo something like the floppy drive because of its age.
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I boot one of my machines into RedHat 8.0, Lindows 3.0, Mandrake 8.0 and Windows 2000. I count on floppies for partition maintenance. I help folks with boot problems and other system contaminations frequently. ALL of this requires a floppy. They should continue to be available as a configuration option. I was just speaking with an associate yesterday who regularly uses a 1942 rotary phone. Don't poo-poo something like the floppy drive because of its age.