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I got an (almost) internal Floppy Drive working on my Mint Desktop (programming.dev)
submitted 10 months ago by the16bitgamer@programming.dev to c/linux@programming.dev
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So why did I even want to do this? Because the front panel of my PC has a 3 1/2" drive hole and I wanted to populate it.

Fine, real reason is because I have a few legacy machine lying around and having a floppy drive accessible is nice to have.

How does it work? Well I have a Floppy to USB adapter inside my rig, and since my motherboard has an unused set of USB 2 headers, I just plugged it into that.

Otherwise, it was just plug and play... almost.

Why the drive works as Plug and Play, linux mint pokes the USB to see if it's still there, so I have a small script at boot that disables it for that internal header.

I am just socked that it works, and while it sucks that I need to be root to read the disks, I am just happy that the whole setup works at all.

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[–] elidoz@lemmy.ml 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

if TheSecretofLife.txt doesn't contain 42 I'm gonna be upset

[–] the16bitgamer@programming.dev 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The drive has been making noises since yesterday and it's still not loading. I'd say I'd get back to you, but I don't think it'll load.

[–] elidoz@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

hello, I'm upset

that comupter is doing its best though so I don't blame it

[–] the16bitgamer@programming.dev 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

At it's current pace, it might take 7.5 million years

[–] Takeshidude@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

don't leave us hanging, what's in those .txts?

[–] the16bitgamer@programming.dev 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The world may never know :D

And totally not password123!

[–] desktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

how does Linux handle "real" floppy drives (via the ISA bus)?

[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

Most real floppy drives are on their own port. They show up as /dev/fd0

[–] the16bitgamer@programming.dev 1 points 10 months ago

As I said above

I have a Floppy to USB adapter inside my rig, and since my motherboard has an unused set of USB 2 headers, I just plugged it into that.

So 1 adapter and 1 usb header, and it reads it as a USB Floppy, which I believe Linux has drivers for.

The device is shown as /dev/sdd (sda is 1TB SSD, sdb is hdd#1, and sdc is hdd#2)

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago

Tbh not the worst thing to use as a secondary backup cold wallet, so long as you’re careful where you store it.

[–] ShankShill@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I almost have an internal floppy drive also. It's an internal Dell laptop drive that has a mini USB port for external use.

[–] the16bitgamer@programming.dev 1 points 10 months ago

I have a dell laptop with that port too. Upgraded my CD drive to a CD/DVD combo drive