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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [SOLVED] no network "eth0" after upgrade.
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On 12/20/2015 02:54 AM, Philip Webb wrote:
> However, I was amused to see that the Stage 3 Fstab does have the line :
>   /dev/fd0    /mnt/floppy   auto   noauto   0 0
> Does anyone still use diskettes ?  Today's mobos have no slot for them.
> 

I have a USB floppy drive around for those BIOSes that have trouble
updating firmware from USB. I remember once there was a fix in the BIOS
update to make updating from USB work but you either needed a) a Windows
install or b) a floppy drive to apply the update.

Dan