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From: migieger@delos.stgt.sub.org (Michael Giegerich)
Subject: Re: Use of compiled kernels??
References: <CHRISTIA.93Feb19092705@latenite.ssc.gov> <1993Feb26.204221.14704@delos.stgt.sub.org> <1993Mar1.135229.8433@gmd.de>
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1993 17:20:44 GMT
Organization: Delos Stuttgart, Germany
Message-ID: <1993Mar5.172044.15601@delos.stgt.sub.org>
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In article <1993Mar1.135229.8433@gmd.de> veit@fanoe.gmd.de (Holger Veit) writes:

>|> >wd0 0:<wdgetctrl failed, assuming ok> 

>The above message is a "novelty" from the new patchkit, and it means that
>the "wd" driver tried to find an MFM, RLL, IDE, ESDI drive and didn't find one,
>neither for the first nor second disk.
>If you have an SCSI disk or an CDROM with a proper filesystem, you can
>ignore this message. No panic!
>But if you do have a non SCSI hard disk, you are in real trouble now.

No, no trouble, I do have one Quantum 200MB IDE disk, no SCSI disks -
only one SCSI CDROM drive. The system works fine.

The message is an annoyance (?). I think the wd driver has problems
as I'm not the sole owner of an unfound IDE drive.
Any clue what could be wrong?

Bye, 
Michael 
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Michael Giegerich             | migieger@delos.stgt.sub.org
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