Will the floppy disk drive ever go away?
I've just been building a new server so I can play with Windows Server 2008 and associated goodies. Brand new motherboard, only been on the market a couple of months at most. No, I'm not going to say which one. I decided to upgrade the BIOS, as I've heard of processor related issues with anything other the latest version. I go to the manufacturers web site and find the BIOS, read the instructions and it turns out that the only way to update the BIOS is from DOS - either a floppy or FAT hard disk. WHAT? When are we going to get to the stage that I can do BIOS updates from CD or even better USB key. The floppy has had its day - it's about time to put it behind us!
By the way, I then decided to update the BIOS on my RAID controller card. Floppy only again. :-(
