tlug: no floppy installation

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <turnbull@example.com>]

>>>>> "Viktor" == Viktor Pavlenko <pavlenko@example.com> writes:

    Viktor> I know it sounds funny, and I know I have to get a new
    Viktor> motherboard, but the question is: is it true that one
    Viktor> can't install Linux on a machine without a working floppy
    Viktor> drive?

No.  None of the Sparcs installed at the installfest a couple years
ago had floppies.

I would use an NFS root (the way the Sparcs were installed, IIRC), and 
then create a kernel with no floppy support (or put it in a module if
that's possible).

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