Floppy question

[Dan Murphy]

> Hi folks.
> I'm now running Linux on a dual boot system since the old P166 that I
had
> been using specifically for Linux up and went to Pentium heaven.
> Is it possible for a 3.5 floppy drive to work flawlessly under Win98,
and
> give very mixed results under Linux?
> I am running Slackware 8.0 kernel 2.2.19.  Also if I use the fdformat
> command to format a floppy, do I need to run makefs as well, or is that
> further evidence of this drive being messed up?
> Fortunately I have another here, but I wanted to be sure before I go
> ripping things apart.
> thanks.
>
>
> Dan Murphy
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> Mansion Neighborhood Association
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