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.

  • the16bitgamerOP
    12·
    2 months ago

    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
      31·
      2 months ago

      hello, I’m upset

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

          • the16bitgamerOP
            1·
            2 months ago

            My desktop is now unplugged, I am too terrified to plug it back in. Send help

            • elidoz@lemmy.ml
              1·
              2 months ago

              if someone plugs it back in someday, you could suffer because of Roko’s basilisk

              you’re obstructing the creation of a superintelligent AI