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From: admin2@gad3b2.hq.af.mil (SrA Bob Huffman;57137)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: wd0 problems - NetBSD 0.9
Date: 31 Jan 1994 20:17:02 GMT
Organization: 7th Communications Group, Wash D.C.
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I remember awhile back a discussion about winchester drives hanging/locking
up during moderate-heavy disk usage.  It was noted that the wd0 controller
driver was messed up, and I think would be fixed.  

What was the final answer to the problem?  My computer has crashed at least
15 times, and If I can't get it to work this time, I will try LINUX.  I
remember someone using a cron to somehow wake-up the wd drive after it was
hung, but I believe they had a problem with the cron possibly overwriting
other files.


Please either post to this grour or EMail me at the below address.  


Thanks,

Bob


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