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From: thrasher@MCS.COM (Brendan J. F. Scallon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: MS-DOS can't see disk, BSD can
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Date: 9 Aug 1994 14:54:02 -0500
Organization: Chicagoans Against Reptilian Davidians
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Richard Tobin (richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk) wrote:
: Can anyone suggest why MSDOS would be unable to access a disk, in the
: following sense:
: - fdisk hangs for about 30 seconds, then says "unable to access disk 2"
: (disk 1 and 3 are fine)
: - os-bs hanges for about a minute, then exits with a message "can't
: read partition table".
Because the meek shall not access the power. Accessing UNIX files on DUHS
is equivalent to proclaiming "MS-DOS=POWER!!!", which is as true as monkeys
flying out of my ass.
--
"There must be someone who can set them free" | Brendan J. F. Scallon
-ELP, Karn Evil 9 (1st impression) | C.A.R.D.
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