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Kill off floppy support.
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Remove support mounting the config dir on floppy disks.

what is a floppy disk?

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floppy_disk

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UnicronNL created this task.May 21 2016, 1:36 PM
mickvav subscribed.May 21 2016, 2:35 PM

Why should we remove support for obsolete features, which do not break anything?

UnicronNL added a comment.May 21 2016, 2:47 PM

Makes code simpler and easier to read. Makes kernel a bit smaller (leave out floppy module)
Makes booting a little bit faster.

UnicronNL closed this task as Resolved.May 21 2016, 4:09 PM

https://github.com/vyos/vyatta-cfg-system/commit/b66cc78521db17628efa3dd27766527816c170cc

https://github.com/vyos/live-boot/commit/a7cc5e8d9c9fc90578ba93377d1254a1140003d7