Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 09:30:02 -0700 (PDT) From: alain@xon.co.uk To: freebsd-bugs Subject: Re: conf/1756: timeout on fd0 Message-ID: <199610111630.JAA10563@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR conf/1756; it has been noted by GNATS. From: alain@xon.co.uk To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de Cc: freebsd.org!freebsd-gnats-submit@uriah.heep.sax.de Subject: Re: conf/1756: timeout on fd0 Date: Fri, 11 Oct 96 13:41:42 BST Thank you very much for your quick reply. Alas, I'm not a techie, hardware speaking, and I did not know that my motherboard had the UMC8669F which is incompatible with the hardware it tries to clone. Also, I saw on the FreeBSD site that the Asustek motherboards are recommended and was recommended by several other friends. > Upgrade to a newer version of FreeBSD. The UMC8669F chip has several > imcompatibilities with the original hardware it tries to clone. The > floppy controller flaw has been worked around in FreeBSD 2.1.5, or > 2.2-current on 1996/03/31. The UART bug is (partially?) worked around > in FreeBSD 2.2-current since 1996/09/30. (What is this bug? Well, > try running UUCP over it...) I've applied for a subscription to FreeBSD and should receive FreeBSD-2.1.5 next week which according to you should have a patch for this problem. > In case you don't wanna upgrade, get back to me in mail, and i will > send you a patch for the floppy stuff. Yes, I am interested so that I can use my system until I upgrade to 2.1.5. By the way, I am deeply amazed by the level of support you provide. Nothing like that would happen if I had gone for let's say SCO or SUN. I do hope to be able to contribute to the FreeBSD community by providing (on the software side only !!!!) new tools or extensions to tools. --
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