On Tue, 28 Apr 1998, Bob Hilliard wrote: > Jason Gunthorpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Tue, 28 Apr 1998, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > > > > > The sensitivity to good disks is, as I understand it, caused by poor > > > BIOS floppy drivers and is independent of the Linux kernel, let alone > > > which distribution you are running. > > > > Actually, as I understood it, the problem was poor linux floppy > > drivers. You'll note that when most errors occure is when reading the base > > image or rescue disks, I have very rarely had the boot disk fail. > [analysis snipped]
May I suggest that you forward your message upstream to either the kernel people or those who do the drivers. It is downright embarrasing to have our favourite OS not be able to read a floppy reliably. > > Bob > -- > _ > |_) _ |_ Robert D. Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > |_) (_) |_) Palm City, FL USA PGP Key ID: A8E40EB9 Lindsay =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lindsay Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Perth, Western Australia voice +61 8 9316 2486 32.0125S 115.8445E vk6lj Debian Unix =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
