Date: Sat, 13 Sep 1997 16:59:32 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> Cc: FreeBSD Hackers <hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Do *you* have problems with floppies? Message-ID: <19970913165932.56962@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199709130501.HAA05383@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>; from Luigi Rizzo on Sat, Sep 13, 1997 at 07:01:42AM %2B0200 References: <199709130114.DAA01842@pat.idi.ntnu.no> <199709130501.HAA05383@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>
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On Sat, Sep 13, 1997 at 07:01:42AM +0200, Luigi Rizzo wrote: >>> The V's were in the "Reading intelligently..." phase. >> >> I have similar experiences when iozone is running in the background. >> MB is ASUS P65UP5. AHA2940 and AHA2940UW scsi controllers. > > Speaking of floppy problems and ASUS boards, I have had a board (for a > PPro200) replaced from ASUS because it had a bad floppy controller. The > problem appeared also in DOS or from the BIOS, and even when switching > cables, floppy drive, or disks, so I really think it was the hardware. Yes, I've also seen a remarkable number of boards where the floppy driver was defective. I don't understand it. You'd think that the electronics were simple enough to be made reliably. Greg
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