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Floppy.sys is the name of the Floppy Disk driver in ReactOS and Microsoft Windows.
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ReactOS contains two different floppy.sys codebases:
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* ReactOS native, started 2004 <br> {{Code history|drivers/storage/floppy}}
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* Original Microsoft, started 1991, open-sourced in 2015, integrated into ReactOS in 2018 <br> {{Code history|drivers/storage/floppy_new}}
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Because the Microsoft driver is the official reference, our kernel shall be modified so that the Microsoft driver can be used in the future.
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This is a work-in-progress.
  
 
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Revision as of 18:35, 16 May 2019

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Floppy.sys is the name of the Floppy Disk driver in ReactOS and Microsoft Windows. ReactOS contains two different floppy.sys codebases:



Because the Microsoft driver is the official reference, our kernel shall be modified so that the Microsoft driver can be used in the future. This is a work-in-progress.