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From: "Eric Dorman" <edorman@san.rr.com>
To: "Kenji Arisawa" <arisawa@aichi-u.ac.jp>, <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
References: <20000724212402.272.qmail@nx.aichi-u.ac.jp>
Subject: Re: [9fans] 9pcfs
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 18:48:11 -0700
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From: <arisawa@ar.aichi-u.ac.jp>
Sent: Monday, July 24, 2000 2:53 PM
Subject: [9fans] 9pcfs

> I am installing 9pcfs.
> My boot disk for file server stops with a message:
> panic: can't init dosfs on fd.
[xxx]
> I am afraid the problem originates in more general problem:
> my Plan9 PCs ( all of them stand on K6) are unstable in
> reading/writing
> files in dos floppy.
> This is not hardware trouble. Windows can read and write files
> without problem.
> Thanks,
> Kenji Arisawa
> E-mail: arisawa@aichi-u.ac.jp

well, i can say i've seen this one before.  i have two AMD K6-3-400
boxes, both obtained at about the same time, with two different
motherboards.
both work with RH linux and window$ but ones floppy refused to work
with plan9.  digging around left the impression that there was something
more fundamental than a timing issue but i ended up punting and using some
other box for a terminal.  sorry i can't be more hepful :<

i _do_ know that what works for me was the MB with the ALI M1542 100Mhz
chipset... i'm not sure what's in the other box.

--eric