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|    philo565 to All    |
|    Re: floppy image    |
|    23 Jun 24 09:42:34    |
      From: philo@privacy.net              > On 6/20/2024 3:08 PM, Grant Taylor wrote:       > > On 6/20/24 13:58, philo wrote:       > >> OTOH if I use Virtual Box to make a floppy image, that is something I can       mount. The problem is , it's impossible to write t       > There are things in that list that do not support boot.       >       > Back in the day, on SCSI bus, if you stuck something at       > address "6" on a certain OS, it would get probed for tape behavior.       > Do a rewind. Check the mode sense. That sort of thing.       >       > For an OS to be probing a floppy that way, that's pretty weird.       >       > It's unlikely that Xenix would know what FAT12 is. but       > you never know.       >       > Paul              And now, my crowning achievement,       Posting from SCO _UNIX              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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