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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA956 ; Wed, 10 Feb 93 05:01:19 EST Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!agate!ames!cronkite.cisco.com!cronkite.cisco.com!shaker From: shaker@lager.cisco.com (Christopher J. Shaker) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: [386BSD]panic:wdir:compact1 Date: 9 Feb 93 00:50:12 Organization: cisco Systems, Inc. Lines: 35 Message-ID: <SHAKER.93Feb9005012@lager.cisco.com> References: <9302061930.AA08765@styx.iqm.unicamp.br> <GENE.93Feb7085246@stark.stark.uucp> NNTP-Posting-Host: lager.cisco.com In-reply-to: gene@stark.uucp's message of 7 Feb 93 08:52:46 In article <GENE.93Feb7085246@stark.stark.uucp> gene@stark.uucp (Gene Stark) writes: Path: cronkite.cisco.com!ames!haven.umd.edu!darwin.sura.net!gatech!news.ans.net!cmcl2!sbcs.sunysb.edu!stark.UUCP!gene From: gene@stark.uucp (Gene Stark) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Date: 7 Feb 93 08:52:46 Organization: Gene Stark's home system Lines: 15 References: <9302061930.AA08765@styx.iqm.unicamp.br> NNTP-Posting-Host: stark.uucp Pedro A.M. Vazquez writes: >Other problem: I was extracting some files with tar from /dev/fd1a, >then decide to save other files with tar to /dev/fd0a. >Result: (1) The light on fd0a turned on, (2) /dev/fd1a stoped, (3)the >keyboard hung. I've repeated this sequence and allways needed to reset >the box. Is there any problem acessing both floppies at the same time? Yes, I have had this problem, and have simply avoided it up until now. I haven't tried it since installing patchkit 0.2, but I suspect the same thing will probably still happen. - Gene Stark -- stark@cs.sunysb.edu I had the same problem while attempting to copy a kernel from my 5 1/4" A drive to my 3 1/2" B drive. I was attempting to copy a kernel that knows about my Adaptec 1742 onto a copy of the 0.2 Patchkit 'dist.fs' floppy. The system kept hanging. Chris Shaker shaker@cisco.com