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Longstanding bug in Linux kernel floppy handling fixed

Liam Proven (Written by Reg staff) Silver badge

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> People who wanted more storage would buy an Iomega Zip drive or similar.

2.8MB floppies appeared in about 1990.

Zip disks appeared in 1994.

Around that time, the industry was moving much faster than this century. That was a *long* time.

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