Re: [RFC] x86 ELF bootable kernels/Linux booting Linux/LinuxBIOS

H. Peter Anvin
2002-02-04T20:41:14Z

Alan Cox wrote:

>>>A floppy disk is 1.44 MB.
>>>
>>Yes floppies are small. The nice thing is that there are only 2 or 3
>>floppy drivers in the kernel so it is not hard to include access to
>>the primary boot medium.
>>
>
> Big problems are:
>
> - Floppies are fast becoming optional
> - USB floppies requires the entire USB and hotplug layer
> - USB floppies require the scsi layer which is not small either
> - Libretto style non USB/Cardbus PCMCIA floppies are not supported
>

- Some floppies are actually firmware emulations, that you have no real
clue what they actually do.

-hpa