From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Date: Tue,  2 Sep 1997 00:19:48 -0400
From: G. David Butler gdb@dbSystems.com
Subject: [9fans] (fwd) Installation  problem
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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... :-)