Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 20:04:41 +0100 (BST) From: "K.J.Koster" <kjk1@ukc.ac.uk> To: questions@freebsd.org Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Do *you* have problems with floppies? Message-ID: <Pine.SV4.3.95.970912200119.3901B-100000@kestrel.ukc.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <199709121843.LAA02974@usr05.primenet.com>
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> Personally, I suspect timing issues with the floppy driver; I assume
> you are using an unFIFO'ed NEC floppy controller. Floppy timing is
> a critical factor in hysterisis effects and overall reliability.
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I do have in fact a NEC floppy controller :)
Umm. If timing is so critical, why do MS-DOS and Win311 work flawlessly
with it? I mean, they are hardly real-time OS-es?
Let me put it like this: if floppy timing _is_ so critical, the FreeBSD
floppy driver must be buggy not to adhere to it.
On the other hand, I've never ad any trouble when I switched to mtools.
How's that?
Groetjes,
Kees Jan
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