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From: G. David Butler gdb@dbSystems.com
Subject: [9fans] (fwd) Installation  problem
Date: Tue,  2 Sep 1997 00:19:48 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <19970902041948.Lk6ooTRtgj5Y4JmCHU0YbxCFozhcuAxsY4-kLFEJCuo@z> (raw)

From: jmk@plan9.bell-labs.com
>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.

Try: ftp://ftp.dbSystems.com/pub/PLAN9/pcdist/9dos

Just ignore the multi-ethernet support and speed... :-)




             reply	other threads:[~1997-09-02  4:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1997-09-02  4:19 G.David [this message]
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1997-09-04 14:35 David
1997-09-01 16:25 jmk
1997-09-01 15:14 David

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