Re: SPARC build failing with boot.fs overflow

[Brett Lymn <brett.lymn%baesystems.com@localhost>]

On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 10:20:08AM -0400, Michael wrote:
> 
> I don't even know if the floppy drive in my SS20 works, I never used it and I 
> have no disks to try.
> That said, there's always booting from CD or network which ( in my opinion at 
> least ) is less hassle than dealing with floppies.
> 

Highly likely it does not - the floppy drives in machines from that
vintage were one of the few case openings and the fans tended to suck
any dirt/crap through the opening despite the little flap.  The drives
tended to fail regularly even when the machines were new.

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