USB Floppy in UBUNTU

[alex]

CJ wrote:
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>>>> Is anybody using an external USB floppy drive in UBUNTU?  Any difficulties?
>>>> Any advice?
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>>>> alex
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>>> ive used mine, no problems. why do you ask?
>>> --cj
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>> A few days  after I finished making and testing a couple of grub 
>> floppies the drive started making clicking and clacking noises
>> and refusing to even look at a floppy, 
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> Its normal for an old floppy drive to make loud noises when reading a 
> floppy. but if the noises are louder then usual, it is best to replace 
> the drive.
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>> I decided to go a different route 
>> and use an external drive.  The old one was about 11 years old.. I  
>> hoped I can run the grub floppies on an external dirive.  Not that I 
>> need to...everything boots normally ...it's just that I'd like to have 
>> it available.  Belt and suspenders you ,know.
>> Incidently, my original message was double posted because after I posted 
>> the original, I kept checking the list for a response and my own 
>> posting.  Neither was there for a few hours so I posted again..   This 
>> time both postings showed up immediately. Take a look at the time stamp 
>> on both postings..
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>> Thanks for the info
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>> alex
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> Furthermore, if you want to boot from your external floppy, you may want 
> to make sure that it supports booting from usb (as external floppy 
> drives are usb now).
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> --cj
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I had to modify the Advanced BIOS features to make the 2nd boot device ' 
USB-FDD' .
The floppy boots nicely now.    I still have to get rid of the old 
internal drive setup.

Thanks for the assist.       alex