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From: peter@NeoSoft.com (Peter da Silva)
Subject: Re: Problem with second floppy drive...
Organization: NeoSoft Communications Services -- (713) 684-5900
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1993 20:32:37 GMT
Message-ID: <C49AEE.3r@sugar.neosoft.com>
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In article <1ohovtINN96@harpo.uccs.edu> jmward@elbert (Joel M. Ward) writes:
> 	I got this problem a lot when trying ot install my system.  All
> it means is that a sector went bad or something.

No, it's consistent on a complete set of floppies that read fine on my System
V box, and I ran exhaustive diagnostics on the drive itself.  It's a known
problem in the 84-110 patchset, I've been told. I'm posting this in case
other people are having the same problem.
-- 
Peter da Silva.  <peter@sugar.neosoft.com>.
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