[elrepo] Request: Floppy module for RHEL8, RHEL9

Akemi Yagi toracat at elrepo.org
Thu Jan 5 14:10:20 EST 2023


On Thu, Jan 5, 2023 at 9:22 AM <chale at redhat.com> wrote:

> Salutations El Repo,
>
> RHEL8 removed support for legacy floppy drives [0].
>
> I'd like to request that you all build the floppy module for RHEL8 and
> RHEL9, please.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> -CFH
>
> [0] https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-
> us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/considerations_in_adopting_rhel_8/ha
> rdware-enablement_considerations-in-adopting-rhel-8
>
> --
> Clark Hale
> Principal Architect
> Red Hat Consulting
>

Hi  Clark,

The floppy kernel module is enabled in ELRepo's kernel-ml for RHEL8. Could
you test-install it and confirm that the floppy works?

Akemi
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