Date: Sun, 26 Jan 1997 14:29:38 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: tom@sdf.com (Tom Samplonius) Cc: terry@lambert.org, garman@phs.k12.ar.us, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: CMD640b ide controller bug workarounds? Message-ID: <199701262129.OAA02357@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.94.970126043154.24022A-100000@misery.sdf.com> from "Tom Samplonius" at Jan 26, 97 04:34:04 am
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> > See the test program on www.intel.com for the controller bug. > > I've been told by the user in question, that the ide check program from > Intel hangs on his system. Not too useful. There are two programs. I pointed at the wrong one. I posted an AltaVista search string that will find the other. > "Pure computer usage" will not be possible until a "pure computer" > exists. As it stands, sw people need to keep "adapting" to new hw bugs. Yes. And this is a case where they have not adapted, such that the user can't assume the sw platform is reliable on any hardware. I'm seperating the idea of a sw platform user from a sw user on that platform -- maybe that's the confusion? Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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