Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 15:16:31 -0500 (CDT) From: "M. L. Dodson" <bdodson@beowulf.utmb.edu> To: "K.J.Koster" <kjk1@ukc.ac.uk> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Do *you* have problems with floppies? Message-ID: <199709122016.PAA07866@beowulf.utmb.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SV4.3.95.970912200119.3901B-100000@kestrel.ukc.ac.uk> References: <199709121843.LAA02974@usr05.primenet.com> <Pine.SV4.3.95.970912200119.3901B-100000@kestrel.ukc.ac.uk>
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K.J.Koster writes: > > > > 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. > > > 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? > Actually in this case, they are. You can't do anything else while the floppy disk is being serviced by the driver. > 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------v-- > Kees Jan Koster tel: UK-1227-453157 e-mail: kjk1@ukc.ac.uk > 15 St. Michaels Road, Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > from trials come errors... from errors come legends... > > -- M. L. Dodson bdodson@scms.utmb.edu 409-772-2178 FAX: 409-772-1790
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