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From: David P. FOK 93925730@plink.cityu.edu.hk
Subject: [9fans] (fwd) Installation  problem
Date: Thu,  4 Sep 1997 14:35:29 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <19970904143529.87UR_l4B4fU9Dkn7QAimyvaLe1G0EjZD7AjMrOa4G4Y@z> (raw)

Dear Experts,

Thanks a lot for your suggestions. The 9dos from dbSystems refuses to
do the installation also. I think I need to get a <2G HD.

Thanks again,

-david

On Tue, 2 Sep 1997 04:33:50 GMT, in comp.os.plan9 you wrote:

>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:[~1997-09-04 14:35 UTC|newest]

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

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