xemc - Slashdot User

Comment Re:360k in linux (Score 0) 533

by xemc on Friday July 10, 2009 @01:51PM (#28652383) Attached to: Getting a Classic PC Working After 25 Years?

You can try formatting it in linux!

In Linux (or at least in some older distros (maybe try knoppix!)), you can format the floppy in different formats by using a different device file.

e.g. "fdformat /dev/fd0*360" (sorry, I can't remember the exact file name)"

Tom's root-boot (rtbt) disk (http://www.toms.net/rb/) uses this technique to get about 1.7MB onto a 1.44MB floppy. You can go downwards as well.

Perhaps doing this a few times (or using it at that size) would help it work better?

If you have a 5.25" drive, there's a good chance you can hook it up to even a new system, if you have the right cables.

However, I agree that it's probably best to format it on the old system if possible (or on whichever side has the more finnicky FDD) - that should ensure the best compatibility on that side.

Comment Re:No inbreeding problem (Score -1) 459

by xemc on Wednesday June 24, 2009 @10:22PM (#28461971) Attached to: DNA Suggests Three Basic Human Groups

Please explain this inbreeding problem thingy.

The way I understand it, inbreeding is a problem because of mutations in our genes.. with two different genes in the same place, the non-broken one can make up for the mutated one, but with inbreeding there's no redundancy.

Perhaps Noah's offspring hadn't evolved enough to have these corrupted genes - in that case, there wouldn't be a problem. (If I recall correctly there wasn't any law against marrying siblings until way later)

mod up?

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