From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Date: Mon,  1 Sep 1997 12:25:31 -0400
From: jmk@plan9.bell-labs.com jmk@plan9.bell-labs.com
Subject: [9fans] (fwd) Installation  problem
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there's a problem with eide drives > 2Gb due to a sign sign extension bug
in the driver (the 'start' argument of ataxfer() should be of type ulong, not long).

perhaps someone could make a new kernel for you or you could subsitute a smaller
drive to get up then you can make the change yourself.