[src/trunk]: src/distrib/notes/macppc Encourage readers who have "READ TIMEOU...

[briggs <briggs%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/a14ec9d330c5
branches:  trunk
changeset: 572566:a14ec9d330c5
user:      briggs <briggs%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date:      Sat Jan 08 05:33:42 2005 +0000

description:
Encourage readers who have "READ TIMEOUT@" errors on floppies to write
the floppy images on the drive that will be reading them.

diffstat:

 distrib/notes/macppc/install |  7 ++++++-
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diffs (21 lines):

diff -r d3d876105a80 -r a14ec9d330c5 distrib/notes/macppc/install
--- a/distrib/notes/macppc/install      Sat Jan 08 05:21:49 2005 +0000
+++ b/distrib/notes/macppc/install      Sat Jan 08 05:33:42 2005 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: install,v 1.34 2005/01/08 05:21:49 briggs Exp $
+.\"    $NetBSD: install,v 1.35 2005/01/08 05:33:42 briggs Exp $
 .
 .Ss2 Open Firmware boot syntax
 .
@@ -803,6 +803,11 @@
 .It
 Use another boot method
 .bullet)
+.Pp
+As disk drives get older, especially with portables, they can get a
+little bit out of alignment so that they do not consistently read disks
+written on other floppy drives.  Strongly consider writing the floppies
+on the same machine that will be reading them.
 .It
 .To 2 "TFTP timeout"
 .Dq Li "TFTP timeout"