Reply to post: Re: 1.9MB floppies

Longstanding bug in Linux kernel floppy handling fixed

DrXym

Re: 1.9MB floppies

OS/2 used a weird format for its boot disks that stored more than 1.44Mb on a floppy. Not sure what they did to achieve this but it did mean less disks to insert when installing the thing. After installation though, it was just a regular floppy disk drive with FAT formatted disks. Can't remember if OS/2 supported FAT32 info or not.

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