On 13-Apr-98 Todd Vierling spoke unto us all:
# : floppy probe and just wedges. It detects the existing drive fine.. but it
# : wedges after detecting fd0. (The only drive in the machine)
# 
# I'm not totally sure whether it's the floppy probe that dies or not.
# "ENOTENOUGHINFORMATION."  :)

Nor I.. I'm going to try a kernel with the fd? stuff replaced with fd0.  If
that works.. then it singles out the floppy probe.

# - What is the manufacturer of the box?  Is it by chance a Dell or Gateway
#   2000?

Its just a generic MB and CPU.  Nothing fancy.

# - Have you tried the 1.3.1, not 1.3, install floppy?  Those are now
#   available and have several fixes.

No.. but I have a hard time beleiving that is the fix..  1.3 has worked fine
for me on 4 other machines.. why would it die on this one only?  Besides.. as
Perry pointed out.. this is a "known bad"   I'm not sure what steps need be
taken to resolve it.. or what the exact problem is.. 

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Tim Rightnour    -  root@garbled.net
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