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From: paurea@gsyc.escet.urjc.es
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: [9fans] VMWare floppy bug
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 19:38:06 +0200
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The floppy on the vmware (running under linux, vmware version 3.1)
gives random errors. I have noticed it while making boot floppys using
cat ndisk>/dev/fd0. They usually (something like 3 times out of 4)
give a CRC error while booting. I also get I/O errors "floppy changed
during operation" from the linux kernel (they keep repeating while the
vmware is on, but they seem to happen with other os's and I have never
had any problem using the floppy with them, though that may be caused
by not enough testing). Has anyone noticed this too?. Is it a vmware
problem or plan9 problem?. Any idea of how to solve it?

Also related with VMWare, is there any way to make plan9 free the
cursor when it reaches the margin of the window? (like on windows or linux
do when you install thw VMWare tools).  To get the cursor trapped is
annoying.
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                 Saludos,
                         Gorka

"Curiosity sKilled the cat"