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From: j@uriah.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs
Subject: Re: FreeBSD, fd0d: hard error
Date: 11 Sep 1994 16:45:01 +0200
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phowlett@angus.ASG.unb.ca (Peter Howlett) writes:

[Error description deleted...]

>Oh yes, my configuration is:
>  486DX2/66 EISA, 2 VLB slots, 16MB 
>  EISA SCSI-II BT747c (Bus mastering, includes the floppy controller)

Could you try using a simple separate FDC board instead? Would be
interesting if the problems disappear then.

-- 
cheers, J"org                             work:    joerg_wunsch@tcd-dresden.de
                                          private:   joerg_wunsch@uriah.sax.de
Steinbach's Guideline for Systems Programming:
        Never test for an error condition you don't know how to handle.