From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Lucio De Re <lucio@proxima.alt.za>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] Stuck at PBS...
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In-Reply-To: <20020911052735.GA31082@ragnartech.net>; from Peter Downs on Wed, Sep 11, 2002 at 12:27:35AM -0500
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 07:43:37 +0200
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On Wed, Sep 11, 2002 at 12:27:35AM -0500, Peter Downs wrote:
>
> A system with the via 82c586 chipset, amd k5 pr133,
> CL-5446 video, and elnk3 (3c509b) is hanging at
> PBS... with the floppy reading back and forth non stop.
>
I believe that the floppy driver in newer versions of Plan 9 has
problems whose nature is beyond my ability to unravel.

> I even tried swapping floppy drives, with no luck.

If you can install without the floppy (I've never tried), I would
suggest running a kernel without the floppy driver.

Feedback proving or disproving my theory is welcome.

++L