Re: [PATCH] fdc: fix floppy boot for Red Hat Linux 5.2

[John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>]

On 3/12/21 3:01 AM, Thomas Huth wrote:
> 
> That whole table-based approach seems quite unreliable to me - I've seen 
> floppy disks with 80, 81, 82 or sometimes even 83 tracks in the past, so 
> I think we would do better with a more flexible way of guessing ... but 
> for the time being, this is certainly a quick and easy fix that also 
> should not have any negative impact, thus:
> 
> Reviewed-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>

Yes, that's my thought. I can't personally justify tackling this hokey 
system -- I simply don't know enough about the history of the device to 
design a suitable replacement.

So, it's a band-aid, but one that fits with the way the floppy has 
worked for quite a long time, and seems the least likely to bother 
anything further.

--js